Girls' name · since 2014
Knylah
Knylah has 19 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #46,510 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Knylah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 19 recorded since 2014.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Knylah has been recorded 19 times among girls since 2014, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 2014 to 2023.
- #46,510 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Knylah ranks #46,510 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #46,510 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Knylah's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Knylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Knylah's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Knylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2023
- Peak year (2014)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Knylah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Knylah's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Knylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Knylah: 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, 2014–2023 (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 Knylah 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.