Fun Facts About the Name Khyla
- More than 1 thousand babies named Khyla: U.S. records list 1,053 babies given the name Khyla from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Khyla Mean?
Khyla is a modern spelling of Kyla, a feminine name used in English-speaking countries. The usual explanation treats Kyla as a feminine form of Kyle, a Scottish name from Scottish Gaelic caol, meaning "narrow" or "strait" - a narrow channel of water. On that derivation the name's core sense is "narrow" or "strait," and the Kh- spelling is a phonetic respelling of the same sound rather than a change in meaning.
A second explanation links Kyla to the Irish name Cadhla, from cadhla, "comely, beautiful," or to the Irish Caoilainn. These may be separate names that merely sound alike, since a resemblance in sound does not establish a shared origin, and no single derivation can be called certain.
Khyla Name History & Origins
Kyla and its respelled form Khyla belong to the group of English given names that come from Gaelic words by way of Scottish surnames and place names. The Scottish surname Kyle is tied to Gaelic caol, "narrow" or "strait," and to places such as Kyle in Ayrshire and the Kyle of Lochalsh, where the word describes a narrow stretch of water. From that surname the personal name Kyle developed, and Kyla is its feminine counterpart; some lists also treat Kyla as a shortened or altered form of longer Gaelic-derived names used in Ireland and Scotland.
The spelling Khyla reflects a common pattern in modern English naming, in which the K sound is written Kh- for a distinctive look. Because the spelling is a recent respelling rather than a separate name with its own documented tradition, its history is essentially the history of Kyla, whose use in the English-speaking world is modern and whose Gaelic root is shared with the place-name element caol.
How Popular is the Name Khyla?
Khyla has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2011. Its best rank was #2,749 in 2011.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,182 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #6,502 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #5,315 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2022 | #9,357 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #4,777 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2020 | #4,950 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2019 | #5,711 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #4,037 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2017 | #5,251 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2016 | #3,819 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2015 | #4,792 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2014 | #5,233 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2013 | #3,675 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2012 | #5,330 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #2,749 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 2010 | #3,719 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2009 | #4,059 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2008 | #3,510 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 2007 | #3,273 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 2006 | #3,761 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2005 | #4,536 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2004 | #4,438 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2003 | #3,024 | 50 | 0.0027% |
| 2002 | #3,554 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2001 | #5,952 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2000 | #3,939 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1999 | #3,674 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1998 | #4,434 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1997 | #3,763 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1996 | #2,826 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 1995 | #5,572 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1994 | #9,227 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #12,626 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #12,543 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #14,271 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #9,712 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #11,248 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #6,435 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #7,748 | 8 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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