Girls' name · since 1964
Kaylah
Kaylah has 6,519 recorded births since 1964 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,174 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,844 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,519
- born since 1964
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaylah currently ranks #3844 among girls' names in America, with 6,519 babies recorded since 1964.
Social Security Administration records show Kaylah recorded 6,519 times among girls since 1964, holding rank #3844 nationally today, ahead of 78% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2025.
- #2,174 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,844 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,519 born since 1964
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaylah ranks #2,174 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,844 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,519 born since 1964, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,174 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,844 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,519
- born since 1964
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaylah's 6,519 recorded births place it above 96.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kaylah compares
6,519 Top 12% higher than 88% of 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
Kaylah's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,519 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 311 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaylah splits its recorded history at 2003: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 311 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 311
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Kaylah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,835 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Kaylah's strongest decade.
2,835 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Kaylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 237
1980s
237 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,750 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,835 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,407 births
- 2020s 285
2020s
285 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,835 births (43% of all-time use).
How Kaylah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kaylah's total volume
Kaylah by state
Where Kaylah concentrates geographically, total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 979 | 15.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 596 | 9.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 543 | 8.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 426 | 6.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 273 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 245 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 236 | 3.6% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 214 | 3.3% |
979 of 6,519 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Kaylah appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kaylah's data
- Kaylah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,835 total births); usage has since declined to 285 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kaylahs (979 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kaylah: 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 (~61 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, 1964–2025 (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 Kaylah 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.