Girls' name · since 2004
Knyla
Knyla has 108 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,276 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,576 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 108
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Knyla is the #10576 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 108 recorded since 2004.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Knyla has been recorded 108 times among girls since 2004, currently ranked #10576 nationally and more common than 39% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #26,276 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,576 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 108 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Knyla ranks #26,276 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,576 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 108 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,276 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,576 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 108
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Knyla's 108 recorded births place it above 63.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Knyla compares
108 26th percentile among 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
Knyla's all-time total is 71% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Knyla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 108 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Knyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Knyla splits its recorded history at 2016: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Knyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Knyla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (52 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Knyla's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Knyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 52 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Knyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Knyla 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.