Girls' name · since 2010
Kanylah
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 154 babies named Kanylah, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,503 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 154
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kanylah is the #6503 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 154 recorded since 2010.
Social Security Administration records show Kanylah recorded 154 times among girls since 2010, holding rank #6503 nationally today, ahead of 62% 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 2010 to 2025.
- #22,490 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,503 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 154 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kanylah ranks #22,490 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,503 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 154 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,503 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 154
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kanylah's 154 recorded births place it above 68.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kanylah compares
154 32nd 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
Kanylah's all-time total is 59% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kanylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 154 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kanylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kanylah's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kanylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Kanylah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (81 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Kanylah's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Kanylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 81 births (53% of all-time use).
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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, 2010–2025 (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 Kanylah 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.