Girls' name · since 2001
Kayliyah
57 babies named Kayliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,946 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 57
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
57 babies have been named Kayliyah since 2001, making it today's #15946 girls' name.
Kayliyah has 57 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15946 as of the latest data, more common than 8% 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 2001 to 2025.
- #33,480 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,946 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 57 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayliyah ranks #33,480 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,946 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 57 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #33,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,946 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 57
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kayliyah's 57 recorded births place it above 53.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kayliyah compares
57 17th 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
Kayliyah's all-time total is 85% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kayliyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 57 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kayliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kayliyah splits its recorded history at 2018: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kayliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kayliyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (30 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Kayliyah's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Kayliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 30 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Kayliyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 2020s (17) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kayliyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Kayliyah 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.