Girls' name · since 1990
Kahyla
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 11 babies named Kahyla, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #53,335 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
11 girls have been named Kahyla since 1990, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kahyla has 11 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2006.
- #53,335 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahyla ranks #53,335 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #53,335 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kahyla's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kahyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kahyla splits its recorded history at 2006: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kahyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2006
- Peak year (2006)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Kahyla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Kahyla's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Kahyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kahyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1990–2006 (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 Kahyla 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.