Kilah — #9110 US girls' name
440 babies named Kilah in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Kilah was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Kilah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kilah
The Social Security Administration has registered 440 babies named Kilah between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kilah currently holds the #9110 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kilah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kilah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kilah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 440 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kilah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Kilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2009)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #9110 among girls.
440 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 22 births in a single year.
Kilah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 170 births that decade — 39% of Kilah's all-time total
Kilah decade highlights
- Peak decade 170 births
- Runner-up 127 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kilah's strongest decade
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.