girl's name

Chayla

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 959

Chayla is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2003, when 43 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1976.

Chayla over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Chayla by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 45
1980s 138
1990s 313
2000s 328
2010s 113
2020s (to 2024) 12

How popular is Chayla?

In 2024, Chayla was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Chayla is used

Canada #2,174 7 in 1996
England & Wales #4,966 3 in 2001
United States #14,747 6 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Chayla

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Chayla also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Chayla over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Chayla

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Chayla — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Chayla

How popular is the name Chayla?

In 2024, Chayla was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Chayla a girl's or a boy's name?

Chayla is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Chayla most popular?

Chayla peaked in 2003, when 43 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.