Girls' name · since 2012
Karliah
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 212 babies named Karliah, peaking in 2019. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,209 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,764 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Karliah is the #8764 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 212 recorded since 2012.
Karliah has 212 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8764 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #19,209 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,764 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 212 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karliah ranks #19,209 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,764 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 212 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,209 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,764 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karliah's 212 recorded births place it above 73.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Karliah compares
212 38th 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
Karliah's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karliah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 212 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karliah's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2022, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Karliah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (148 births, 70% of the file).
2010s was Karliah's strongest decade.
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Karliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
148 births
- 2020s
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 148 births (70% of all-time use).
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What to do with Karliah's data
- Karliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (148 total births) through the 2020s (64) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Karliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Karliah 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.