Kalylah — #9481 US girls' name
45 babies named Kalylah in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 46% of names given to girls today.
60% of everyone ever named Kalylah was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Kalylah in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kalylah
The Social Security Administration has registered 45 babies named Kalylah between 2017 and 2024, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kalylah currently holds the #9481 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalylah performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kalylah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kalylah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 45 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kalylah at a glance
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Current rank
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Kalylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2017
- Peak year (2024)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
Currently ranks #9481 among girls.
45 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 11 births in a single year.
Kalylah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 27 births that decade — 60% of Kalylah's all-time total
Kalylah decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kalylah's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2017–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.