Girls' name · since 2017
Kalylah
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 51 babies named Kalylah, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,566 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 51
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kalylah currently ranks #14566 among girls' names in America, with 51 babies recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalylah has been recorded 51 times among girls since 2017, currently ranked #14566 nationally and more common than 16% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #34,811 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,566 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 51 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalylah ranks #34,811 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,566 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 51 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #34,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,566 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 51
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kalylah's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kalylah compares
51 16th 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
Kalylah's all-time total is 86% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 51 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kalylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kalylah's full recorded timeline at 2022, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kalylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Kalylah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (33 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Kalylah's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Kalylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 33 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalylah: 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, 2017–2025 (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 Kalylah 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.