Kaylah

#3,832 for girls in 2025, 38 births

Peak · girls
1999 · 311 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,519
since 1964

Kaylah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kaylah has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #726, 1999girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,83238
2024#4,03936
2023#3,47645
2022#3,22050
2021#3,15751
2020#2,59765
2019#2,42873
2018#2,58467
2017#2,26882
2016#2,05496
2015#1,655129
2014#1,590135
2013#1,254190
2012#1,237196
2011#1,210198
2010#1,035241
2009#1,068239
2008#970276
2007#937288
2006#961272
2005#828309
2004#878280
2003#803308
2002#848272
2001#789299
2000#785292
1999#726311
1998#815261
1997#865236
1996#923212
1995#1,042173
1994#1,191148
1993#1,352122
1992#1,474107
1991#1,56498
1990#1,76982
1989#1,87370
1988#1,95262
1987#2,39843
1986#4,72416
1985#4,86015
1984#5,22213
1983#5,14813
1982#10,5175
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First appearance
1964

The first year at least five girls were named Kaylah! It came in at #6,767, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1964–1982, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kaylah is popular in 2005

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedNHWashington: #959 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,871 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #835 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,166 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #741 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,736 girlsMINew York: #508 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,717 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedORNevada: #413 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,656 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedIAIndiana: #946 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,501 girlsINOhio: #939 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,160 girlsOHPennsylvania: #565 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,429 girlsPANew Jersey: #876 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,799 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #813 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 5,237 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedUTColorado: #674 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,532 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #541 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,092 girlsVAMaryland: #846 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,953 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,265 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,080 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #756 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,937 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedALGeorgia: #576 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,023 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylah, so not publishedHITexas: #902 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 5,736 girlsTXFlorida: #500 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 2,678 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#413 · 1 in 1,656
  2. Florida#500 · 1 in 2,678
  3. New York#508 · 1 in 2,717
  4. Virginia#541 · 1 in 3,092
  5. Pennsylvania#565 · 1 in 3,429

Best ever in a state: #162 in Hawaii, 2003.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#41371 in 1,656
Florida#500321 in 2,678
New York#508351 in 2,717
Virginia#541121 in 3,092
Pennsylvania#565161 in 3,429
Georgia#576171 in 3,023
Colorado#67471 in 3,532
Michigan#741101 in 4,736
Louisiana#75651 in 3,937
California#813441 in 5,237
Illinois#835131 in 5,166
Maryland#84651 in 4,953
New Jersey#87671 in 5,799
Texas#902281 in 5,736
Ohio#93981 in 7,160
Indiana#94651 in 6,501
Washington#95951 in 5,871
North Carolina#1,26551 in 9,080
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kaylah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 207 spots since 2024 (#4,039 → #3,832)
  • 1,235 spots since 2020 (#2,597 → #3,832)
  • 2,177 spots since 2015 (#1,655 → #3,832)
  • Biggest jump: 119 spots in 1996 (#1,042 → #923)
  • Biggest drop: 133 spots in 2006 (#828 → #961)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1964
  • Peaked 1999 at #726 (311 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1996–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,704
  • Highest: 1 in 5,704 girls born in 1999 were named Kaylah (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 42,297 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 43.5% of all girls named Kaylah (2,835) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#6,767 (1964)#6,767
1970s0——
1980s237#1,873 (1989)#4,587
1990s1,750#726 (1999)#1,172
2000s2,835#785 (2000)#887
2010s1,407#1,035 (2010)#1,732
2020s285#2,597 (2020)#3,387

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kaylah in 2005

girls
#828
309 births · 1 in 5,980 girls

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #828Kaylah309
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 5,980 of them was named Kaylah, which outranked 95.7% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaylah
  1. #824Yahaira311
  2. #826Jewel310
  3. #826Kaylen310
  4. #828Kaylah309
  5. #828Amelie309
  6. #830Arlene307
  7. #830Jaylee307
  8. #832Antonia306

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2005 →