Girls' name · since 1981
Khyla
Khyla has 1,054 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,040 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,054
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Khyla is the #9040 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,054 recorded since 1981.
Social Security Administration records show Khyla recorded 1,054 times among girls since 1981, holding rank #9040 nationally today, ahead of 48% 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 1981 to 2025.
- #7,239 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,040 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,054 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khyla ranks #7,239 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,040 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,054 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,040 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,054
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Khyla's 1,054 recorded births place it above 89.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Khyla compares
1,054 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Khyla's all-time total is 180% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khyla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,054 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 64 | 21 | 19,840 |
Khyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khyla's full recorded timeline at 2006, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 64 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Khyla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (378 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Khyla's strongest decade.
378 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Khyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
182 births
- 2000s
2000s
378 births
- 2010s
2010s
353 births
- 2020s 118
2020s
118 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 378 births (36% of all-time use).
How Khyla 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 Khyla's total volume
Khyla by state
Where Khyla concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 29 | 2.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 27 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 21 | 2.0% |
| #4 | California | | 18 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.5% |
29 of 1,054 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Khyla's data
- Khyla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (378 total births); usage has since declined to 118 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Khylas (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Khyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Khyla 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.