Kila
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,986
- Given to girls 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 55 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 931since 1957
Kila over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kila has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 | — | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,627 | 55 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
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| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
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| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
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| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
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| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1957
The first year at least five girls were named Kila! It came in at #4,918, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1959–1960, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kila is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kila in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kila
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,781 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #14,942)
- 1,489 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #14,942)
- 1,477 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 1972 at #1,627 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 27,659
- Highest: 1 in 27,659 girls born in 1972 were named Kila (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 26.0% of all girls named Kila (242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13 | #4,918 (1957) | #5,163 |
| 1960s | 42 | #4,866 (1966) | #6,065 |
| 1970s | 183 | #1,627 (1972) | #4,328 |
| 1980s | 143 | #3,530 (1982) | #5,514 |
| 1990s | 174 | #4,370 (1997) | #5,576 |
| 2000s | 242 | #3,978 (2002) | #5,538 |
| 2010s | 91 | #6,855 (2011) | #11,143 |
| 2020s | 43 | #8,978 (2021) | #12,371 |
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.
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