Killua — #5635 US boys' name
104 babies named Killua in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to boys today.
90% of everyone ever named Killua was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Killua in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Killua
The Social Security Administration has registered 104 babies named Killua between 2019 and 2024, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Killua currently holds the #5635 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Killua performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Killua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Killua 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 104 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.
Killua at a glance
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Current rank
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Killua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2019
- Peak year (2023)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
Currently ranks #5635 among boys.
104 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 27 births in a single year.
Killua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 94 births that decade — 90% of Killua's all-time total
Killua decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Killua's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 90% 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, 2019–2024 (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.