Girls' name · since 2003
Cylah
80 babies named Cylah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,583 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
80 girls have been named Cylah since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Cylah recorded 80 times among girls since 2003, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2024.
- #29,583 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cylah ranks #29,583 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,583 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cylah's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cylah's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2024
- Peak year (2017)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Cylah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (45 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Cylah's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Cylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 45 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Cylah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (45 total births) through the 2020s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cylah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.