Girls' name · since 2005
Kiylah
Kiylah has 86 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kiylah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 86 have been recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiylah has been recorded 86 times among girls since 2005, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2024.
- #28,831 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiylah ranks #28,831 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,831 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kiylah's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kiylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kiylah's full recorded timeline at 2012, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kiylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2024
- Peak year (2011)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Kiylah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (57 births, 66% of the file).
2010s was Kiylah's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Kiylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 57 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Kiylah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Kiylah: 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 (~19 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, 2005–2024 (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 Kiylah 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.