Girls' name · since 2005
Kailiyah
106 babies named Kailiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,559 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 106
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kailiyah currently ranks #11559 among girls' names in America, with 106 babies recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Kailiyah recorded 106 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #11559 nationally today, ahead of 33% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #26,495 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,559 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 106 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kailiyah ranks #26,495 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,559 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 106 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,559 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 106
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kailiyah's 106 recorded births place it above 63.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kailiyah compares
106 26th 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
Kailiyah's all-time total is 72% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kailiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 106 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kailiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kailiyah splits its recorded history at 2016: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kailiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Kailiyah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (50 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Kailiyah's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Kailiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 50 births (47% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kailiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2005–2025 (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 Kailiyah 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.