Kylah

#1,643 for girls in 2025, 126 births

Peak · girls
2009 · 292 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,281
since 1976

Kylah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kylah has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #921, 2009girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,643126
2024#1,250186
2023#1,232190
2022#1,659127
2021#1,375160
2020#1,287173
2019#1,302176
2018#1,162207
2017#1,287183
2016#1,055247
2015#1,115230
2014#977273
2013#961262
2012#967262
2011#940274
2010#944272
2009#921292
2008#1,011261
2007#995268
2006#1,102227
2005#1,096217
2004#1,149198
2003#1,043219
2002#1,175175
2001#1,368139
2000#1,335141
1999#1,515113
1998#1,416121
1997#1,530105
1996#1,466112
1995#2,48651
1994#3,79028
1993#3,22135
1992#3,96826
1991#4,80820
1990#6,46513
1989#4,67019
1988#6,27712
1987#5,92312
1986#4,53917
1985#4,86015
1984#4,47816
1983#7,3128
1982#6,8889
1981#4,96314
1980#6,31910
1979#3,77720
1978#8,5626
1977#6,3409
1976#9,2845
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five girls were named Kylah! It came in at #9,284, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1976, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kylah is popular in 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedNHWashington: #805 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,810 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,418 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,549 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #723 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,909 girlsMINew York: #1,292 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 9,811 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedIAIndiana: #819 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,401 girlsINOhio: #491 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,067 girlsOHPennsylvania: #826 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,280 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,015 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,033 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,490 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 13,333 girlsCAUtah: #584 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,010 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,017 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,208 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedDEArizona: #957 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,620 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedKSArkansas: #506 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,383 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,061 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,250 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #566 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,773 girlsOKLouisiana: #644 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,461 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedALGeorgia: #971 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,218 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedHITexas: #1,744 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 15,808 girlsTXFlorida: #740 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,695 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Ohio#491 · 1 in 3,067
  2. Arkansas#506 · 1 in 2,383
  3. Oklahoma#566 · 1 in 2,773
  4. Utah#584 · 1 in 3,010
  5. Louisiana#644 · 1 in 3,461

Best ever in a state: #324 in Mississippi, 2008.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Ohio#491191 in 3,067
Arkansas#50651 in 2,383
Oklahoma#56661 in 2,773
Utah#58461 in 3,010
Louisiana#64461 in 3,461
Michigan#723101 in 4,909
Florida#740171 in 4,695
Washington#80561 in 4,810
Indiana#81961 in 5,401
Pennsylvania#82691 in 6,280
Arizona#95761 in 5,620
Georgia#97181 in 6,218
New Jersey#1,01561 in 7,033
Virginia#1,01751 in 7,208
North Carolina#1,06161 in 7,250
New York#1,292101 in 9,811
Illinois#1,41861 in 11,549
California#1,490171 in 13,333
Texas#1,744101 in 15,808
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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 Kylah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 393 spots since 2024 (#1,250 → #1,643)
  • 356 spots since 2020 (#1,287 → #1,643)
  • 528 spots since 2015 (#1,115 → #1,643)
  • Biggest jump: 107 spots in 2007 (#1,102 → #995)
  • Biggest drop: 138 spots in 2015 (#977 → #1,115)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 2009 at #921 (292 births)
  • Births halved by 2022, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2009–2014
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,291
  • Highest: 1 in 6,291 girls born in 2009 were named Kylah (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,756 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 38.0% of all girls named Kylah (2,386) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s40#3,777 (1979)#6,991
1980s132#4,478 (1984)#5,623
1990s624#1,416 (1998)#3,067
2000s2,137#921 (2009)#1,120
2010s2,386#940 (2011)#1,071
2020s962#1,232 (2023)#1,408

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.

Kylah in 2003

girls
#1,043
219 births · 1 in 8,343 girls

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #1,043Kylah219
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 8,343 of them was named Kylah, which outranked 94.3% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kylah
  1. #1,038Caitlynn220
  2. #1,038Jeanette220
  3. #1,038Treasure220
  4. #1,043Kylah219
  5. #1,043Allyssa219
  6. #1,043Maleah219
  7. #1,043Mina219
  8. #1,049Chana218
  9. #1,049Jana218
  10. #1,051Amirah217

Tied with 5 names at #1,043; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 2003 →