Girls' name · since 2000

Keylah

Keylah has 100 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

100
total births
2000–2022
years on record
2010s
peak decade
49%
born in that decade

Keylah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 100 recorded since 2000.

Keylah has 100 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2000 to 2022.

  • 100 total births
  • 2000–2022 years on record
  • 2010s peak decade
  • 49% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Keylah's 100 recorded births place it above 62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Keylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Keylah splits its recorded history at 2010: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Keylah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2022

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2009)
10
Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
4681012 20002002200720092011201320162022 5

Keylah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2010s was Keylah's strongest decade.

49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.

Keylah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 49 births (49% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Keylah?
Keylah has been given to 100 babies in the U.S. since 2000, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2022. 10 babies were born in 2009, its single highest year.
When was Keylah most popular?
Keylah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 49 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Keylah been used?
The SSA has tracked Keylah since 2000 -- 23 years through the most recent 2022 data.
What names are similar to Keylah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Keyla, Keyana, Keyonna, Keyanna, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Keylah's data

  • Keylah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 2000–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Keylah: Baby Name Since 2000 - 100 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keylah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Keylah 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 July 2026.