Girls' name · since 1996
Kyliah
Kyliah has 471 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,137 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 471
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kyliah is the #9137 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 471 recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kyliah has been recorded 471 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #9137 nationally and more common than 47% of girls, 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 1996 to 2025.
- #12,309 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,137 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 471 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kyliah ranks #12,309 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,137 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 471 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,137 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 471
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kyliah's 471 recorded births place it above 82.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kyliah compares
471 Top 46% higher than 54% 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
Kyliah's all-time total is 25% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kyliah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 471 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kyliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kyliah's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kyliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Kyliah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (189 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Kyliah's strongest decade.
189 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Kyliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
160 births
- 2010s
2010s
189 births
- 2020s
2020s
95 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 189 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Kyliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (189 total births) through the 2020s (95) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kyliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Kyliah 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.