Girls' name · since 1999
Kelilah
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 226 babies named Kelilah, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,576 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,047 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 226
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kelilah currently ranks #6047 among girls' names in America, with 226 babies recorded since 1999.
Kelilah has 226 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6047 as of the latest data, more common than 65% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #18,576 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,047 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 226 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kelilah ranks #18,576 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,047 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 226 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,576 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,047 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 226
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kelilah's 226 recorded births place it above 74.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Kelilah compares
226 39th 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
Kelilah's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kelilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 226 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kelilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kelilah's full recorded timeline at 2016, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kelilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Kelilah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (114 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Kelilah's strongest decade.
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kelilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s
2020s
114 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 114 births (50% of all-time use).
Kelilah by state
Where Kelilah concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 2.7% |
6 of 226 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Kelilahs (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kelilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Kelilah 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.