Is Kyla a boy or girl name?

Kyla is primarily a girl name in U.S. records: about 100% of recorded births are female.

What is the average age of someone named Kyla?

The average Kyla alive today is an estimated 23 years old. People named Kyla were most often born around 2004.

When was the name Kyla most popular?

Kyla peaked in 2004 with 2,044 recorded births in the United States.

What vibe does the name Kyla have?

In one report's words: streamlined, buoyant, collegiate. Kyla ranks #1198 among all U.S. first names since 1880.

Kyla — Name Meaning, Age & Vibe | Understand Your Name

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Origin & Meaning

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Formed as a feminine counterpart to the Scottish Kyle, tracing back to the Gaelic caol for a narrow strait or sound. American parents discovered it quietly in 1940 and deployed it in volume sixty years later as an alternative to Kayla and Kylie.

Also answers toKy, Kye

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1940–2025

SSA Data

1940 peak: 2,044 souls, A.D. 2004 2025

2025: 512 born, falling ↘

Estimated Age

23 yrs

Most Kylas were born around 2004 — remembers Vine, barely.

Peak Reign

2004

№162 that year

Generation

Gen Z, 53%

then Gen Alpha 22% · Millennial 20%

Rarity

Top 2000 all-time

≈44K ever born · now falling

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Kyla grew up with

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Wii Sports·early Minecraft servers·Silly Bandz

Generation Distribution — Living Kylas

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Gen X 5%Millennial 20%Gen Z 53%Gen Alpha 22%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data

SSA: Kyla peaked in 2004.

Estimated average age: 23.

What people think

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Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates

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Vintage Modern

Formal Casual

Soft Strong

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Public Opinion Ledger

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First Impressions

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The name reads as modern, active, and anchored to the early 2000s. It belongs to the era of silver flip phones and digital cameras that required SD cards. Over half of all living Kylas belong to Generation Z, giving the name a distinctly youthful presence. Its chief hazard remains being mistaken for Kayla on drive-thru receipts.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01

Reached its peak in 2004 when roughly two thousand newborns received the name in a single calendar year.

Field Note 02

The average bearer is twenty-three years old and has no working memory of dial-up internet.

Field Note 03

Birth counts have drifted downward since its peak, but the name avoided the sudden collapse common to early-2000s trends.

Notable Kylas

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Kyla Prattactress, b. 1986

Kyla RossOlympic gymnast, b. 1996

Adjacent Names

Kayla · Kylie · Malia · Sierra · Kira · Brianna

Ephemera — If Kyla were a…

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City

Tempe

Color

Periwinkle

Job

Campus recruiter

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