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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #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 2014

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #880 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,914 girlsILWisconsin: #594 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,887 girlsWIMichigan: #984 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,025 girlsMINew York: #971 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,778 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedINOhio: #643 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,529 girlsOHPennsylvania: #806 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,837 girlsPANew Jersey: #837 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,639 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,833 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 16,128 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedNEMissouri: #653 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,389 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #908 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,331 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedARTennessee: #542 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,593 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #452 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,149 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #642 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,044 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #570 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,409 girlsOKLouisiana: #487 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,091 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedMSAlabama: #605 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,763 girlsALGeorgia: #762 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,017 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kylah, so not publishedHITexas: #1,471 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 10,423 girlsTXFlorida: #962 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,981 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#452 · 1 in 2,149
  2. Louisiana#487 · 1 in 2,091
  3. Tennessee#542 · 1 in 2,593
  4. Oklahoma#570 · 1 in 2,409
  5. Wisconsin#594 · 1 in 2,887

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#452211 in 2,149
Louisiana#487101 in 2,091
Tennessee#542121 in 2,593
Oklahoma#57071 in 2,409
Wisconsin#59481 in 2,887
Alabama#60571 in 2,763
South Carolina#64261 in 3,044
Ohio#643151 in 3,529
Missouri#65381 in 3,389
Georgia#762121 in 4,017
Pennsylvania#806111 in 4,837
New Jersey#83781 in 4,639
Illinois#880121 in 4,914
Virginia#90871 in 5,331
Florida#962141 in 5,981
New York#971161 in 5,778
Michigan#98471 in 6,025
Texas#1,471161 in 10,423
California#1,833131 in 16,128
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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 2014

girls
#977
273 births · 1 in 6,543 girls

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #977Kylah273
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 6,543 of them was named Kylah, which outranked 94.9% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kylah
  1. #972Landry274
  2. #972Magdalena274
  3. #972Ryann274
  4. #977Kylah273
  5. #977Patience273
  6. #979Abril272
  7. #979Annalee272
  8. #979Antonia272

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

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
  2. ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
  3. ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
  4. ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
  5. ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Miley#386 → #787
  2. ↓ 345Karly#988 → #1,333
  3. ↓ 318Britney#838 → #1,156
  4. ↓ 239Kaya#761 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 235Rihanna#938 → #1,173

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →