Girls' name · since 1998
Kyila
Kyila has 26 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,770 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
26 girls have been named Kyila since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kyila has been recorded 26 times among girls since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2013.
- #42,770 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 26 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kyila ranks #42,770 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #42,770 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kyila's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kyila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kyila's full recorded timeline at 2008, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kyila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2013
- Peak year (2002)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2013.
26 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 9 births in a single year.
Kyila by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (15 births, 58% of the file).
2000s was Kyila's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Kyila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 15 births (58% of all-time use).
Kyila decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Kyila's data
- Kyila's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Kyila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1998–2013 (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 Kyila 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.
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