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Kayla

Rooted in Hebrew, Kayla is a girl's name that means "Crown of laurels". It is not as common as it was in the 1990s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 1991.

HebrewCrown of laurels
HebrewOr form of Kay
Also spelled: Kaila, Kaela
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
35
1940s
161
1950s
700
1960s
1,489
1970s
1,942
1980s
55,438
1990s
156,110
2000s
94,476
2010s
26,726
Peaked in the 1990s · 337,077 total U.S. births since 1900