Girls' name · since 1990
Kaylaa
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 35 babies named Kaylaa, peaking in 1999. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #39,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaylaa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 35 have been recorded since 1990.
Kaylaa has 35 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2011.
- #39,159 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 35 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaylaa ranks #39,159 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #39,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaylaa's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaylaa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaylaa splits its recorded history at 2005: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaylaa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2011
- Peak year (1999)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Kaylaa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (16 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Kaylaa's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Kaylaa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 16 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Kaylaa's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 2010s (6) -- 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 Kaylaa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1990–2011 (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 Kaylaa 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.