Girls' name · since 1991
Kylisha
40 babies named Kylisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,581 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,746 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kylisha currently ranks #13746 among girls' names in America, with 40 babies recorded since 1991.
Kylisha has 40 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13746 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #37,581 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,746 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 40 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kylisha ranks #37,581 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,746 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 40 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #37,581 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,746 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kylisha's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kylisha compares
40 13th 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
Kylisha's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kylisha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kylisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kylisha's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kylisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Kylisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (26 births, 65% of the file).
1990s was Kylisha's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Kylisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 26 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Kylisha's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 2020s (14) -- 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 Kylisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Kylisha 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.