Girls' name · since 2006
Khylei
168 babies named Khylei in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
168 girls have been named Khylei since 2006, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Khylei recorded 168 times among girls since 2006, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2024.
- #21,629 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 168 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khylei ranks #21,629 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 168 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Khylei's 168 recorded births place it above 70.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Khylei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khylei's full recorded timeline at 2015, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khylei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
168 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 15 births in a single year.
Khylei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (107 births, 64% of the file).
2010s was Khylei's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Khylei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
107 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 107 births (64% of all-time use).
Khylei decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Khylei's data
- Khylei's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (107 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Khylei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2006–2024 (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 Khylei 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.
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