Boy or Girl

Is Kaylah a boy or girl name?

Kaylah is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 36 girls and 0 boys were named Kaylah, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 6,481 US babies named Kaylah were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#4,064
Babies named Kaylah since 1964
6,481
Most popular year
1999
311 babies
Babies named Kaylah each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Kaylah from 1964 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.0100200300400198020002020

Boys and girls named Kaylah, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1960s05100%
1970s00–
1980s0237100%
1990s01,750100%
2000s02,835100%
2010s01,407100%
2020s0247100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–36#4,064
20230–45#3,493
20220–50#3,248
20210–51#3,183
20200–65#2,608
20190–73#2,442
20180–67#2,597
20170–82#2,276
20160–96#2,061
20150–129#1,661
20140–135#1,597
20130–190#1,257
20120–196#1,240
20110–198#1,213
20100–241#1,039
20090–239#1,071
20080–276#972
20070–288#938
20060–272#963
20050–309#829
20040–280#879
20030–308#804
20020–272#848
20010–299#791
20000–292#786
19990–311#726
19980–261#816
19970–236#866
19960–212#924
19950–173#1,043
19940–148#1,195
19930–122#1,356
19920–107#1,479
19910–98#1,569
19900–82#1,773
19890–70#1,886
19880–62#1,960
19870–43#2,408
19860–16#4,842
19850–15#4,957
19840–13#5,354
19830–13#5,285
19820–5#11,282
19810–0–
19800–0–
19790–0–
19780–0–
19770–0–
19760–0–
19750–0–
19740–0–
19730–0–
19720–0–
19710–0–
19700–0–
19690–0–
19680–0–
19670–0–
19660–0–
19650–0–
19640–5#7,249

Highest rank

Kaylah has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #726 in 1999. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Kaylah

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.