Fun Facts About the Name Xayla
- 249 babies named Xayla: U.S. records list 249 babies given the name Xayla from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Xayla Mean?
Xayla belongs to the modern English -ayla group of names, along with Kayla, Shayla, and Zayla, and its initial X stands for a z sound, as in Xavier and Xena. Because the name is a respelling built on that shared ending, the meanings commonly offered for it are borrowed from the related names: "pure," often attached to Kayla through Katherine, or "blind," attached to Shayla through Sheila and Cecilia. Which of these is meant depends on the parent name a user has in mind, and none of them is an established etymology for Xayla itself.
Xayla Name History & Origins
Xayla's spelling shows two features of modern English naming: an initial X used for a z sound, and the -ayla ending shared with Kayla, Shayla, Layla, and Zayla. The X for z convention appears in names such as Xavier, Xena, and Xyla (the last from Greek xylon, "wood"). Kayla and Shayla, the closest well-established names to Xayla, have separate backgrounds of their own - Kayla is usually linked to Katherine or to the Irish Cadhla, and Shayla to Sheila and, through it, to the Latin Cecilia. Xayla connects to these names by sound and spelling rather than by a documented line of descent from any one of them.
How Popular is the Name Xayla?
Xayla 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 2024. Its best rank was #5,001 in 2024.
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 | #5,906 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2024 | #5,001 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2023 | #5,371 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2022 | #5,297 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #5,736 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #6,065 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #7,318 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #9,776 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #15,803 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #10,813 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #10,111 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #10,917 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #10,964 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #16,745 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #16,655 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #13,388 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #13,760 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #12,729 | 8 | 0.0004% |
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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