Girls' name · since 1978
Kylea
Kylea has 1,578 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,515 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,228 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,578
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kylea is the #12228 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,578 recorded since 1978.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kylea has been recorded 1,578 times among girls since 1978, currently ranked #12228 nationally and more common than 29% of girls, 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 1978 to 2025.
- #5,515 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,228 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,578 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kylea ranks #5,515 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,228 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,578 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,515 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,228 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,578
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kylea's 1,578 recorded births place it above 92.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kylea compares
1,578 Top 26% higher than 74% of 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
Kylea's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kylea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,578 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 83 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kylea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kylea's full recorded timeline at 2002, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 83 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kylea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 83
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Kylea by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (680 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Kylea's strongest decade.
680 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Kylea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s 122
1980s
122 births
- 1990s
1990s
402 births
- 2000s
2000s
680 births
- 2010s
2010s
297 births
- 2020s 54
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 680 births (43% of all-time use).
How Kylea compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kylea's total volume
Kylea by state
Where Kylea concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 85 | 5.4% |
| #2 | California | | 27 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Missouri | | 22 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 19 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 13 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 7 | 0.4% |
85 of 1,578 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Kylea appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kylea's data
- Kylea's decade-level peak was the 2000s (680 total births); usage has since declined to 54 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kyleas (85 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Kylea
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Kylea
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kylea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Kylea 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.