Keyla

Origin: Modern coinage — Variant of Kayla · modern coinage — possibly based on Kay or Michaela, patterned on Layla

Girl's name · #821 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Keyla's best rank, #683, came in 2016; it has settled back to #821 today. Roughly 9,900 girls have been named Keyla since 1961.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#28 in Ecuador (2025) · #274 in Mexico (2024) · #576 in France (2025) · #691 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,004 in Sweden (2025) · #1,391 in Belgium (2025) · #1,498 in Canada (2024).

Famous Keylas

Keyla Ávila — Honduran taekwondo athlete
Keyla Monterroso Mejia — American actress and comedian
Keyla Ohs — Canadian figure skater
Keyla Orozco — Cuban composer

In stories & tradition

Keyla Detmer^de — Desperate Hours (book)

What Keylas become

Among 20 notable people named Keyla:

Sports figures appear 2.23× more often than among typical names — e.g. Keyla Ávila, Honduran taekwondo athlete.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Keila (#1551), Keyla would rank around #626 with about 470 births last year — the newborns split about 71/29 between Keyla and Keila.

Similar names: Zayla · Skyla · Keily · Aila · Jaliyah · Kamiyah

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