Girls' name · since 2000
Kailena
120 babies named Kailena in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,442 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
120 babies have been named Kailena since 2000, making it today's #11442 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kailena has been recorded 120 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #11442 nationally and more common than 34% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #25,120 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,442 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 120 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kailena ranks #25,120 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,442 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 120 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,442 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kailena's 120 recorded births place it above 65.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kailena compares
120 28th 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
Kailena's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kailena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 120 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kailena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kailena's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kailena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Kailena by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (49 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Kailena's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kailena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 49 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kailena's data
- Kailena's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kailena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Kailena 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.