Girls' name · since 1979
Kilah
457 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.
- #12,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,645 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 457
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
457 babies have been named Kilah since 1979, making it today's #6645 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Kilah recorded 457 times among girls since 1979, holding rank #6645 nationally today, ahead of 62% 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 1979 to 2025.
- #12,508 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,645 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 457 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kilah ranks #12,508 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,645 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 457 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,645 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 457
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kilah's 457 recorded births place it above 82.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kilah compares
457 Top 47% higher than 53% 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
Kilah's all-time total is 22% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 457 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kilah splits its recorded history at 2006: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Kilah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (170 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Kilah's strongest decade.
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Kilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s 66
1990s
66 births
- 2000s
2000s
170 births
- 2010s
2010s
127 births
- 2020s 58
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 170 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kilah's data
- Kilah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (170 total births) through the 2020s (58) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Kilah 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.