NewName Shortlist 0 Girl · Scottish Gaelic
Kyla Say it: KY-luh
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Meaning A modern feminine form of Kyle, from a Scottish place name from Gaelic caol 'narrow, strait'.
Likely the main view, with some doubt.
Used in the US from the 1970s as a feminine counterpart to Kyle.
Its wave through time Most used in the 2000s
In the United States 0 0.5 1 1.5 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2004 per 1,000 babies of that sex 40,913 babies given this name since 1940 At its height in 2004, about 1 in 901 girls 619 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Kylah
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