Girls' name · since 2013
Kailayah
18 babies named Kailayah in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,034 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,439 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
18 babies have been named Kailayah since 2013, making it today's #14439 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Kailayah recorded 18 times among girls since 2013, holding rank #14439 nationally today, ahead of 17% of girls, 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 2013 to 2025.
- #47,034 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,439 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 18 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kailayah ranks #47,034 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,439 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 18 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #47,034 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,439 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kailayah's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kailayah compares
18 7th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kailayah's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kailayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kailayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kailayah's full recorded timeline at 2014, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 6 recorded births.
Kailayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Kailayah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (12 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Kailayah's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Kailayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (67% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kailayah's data
- Kailayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- 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 Kailayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2013–2025 (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 Kailayah 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.