Girls' name · since 1916
Lylah
8,547 babies named Lylah in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #584 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,547
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lylah currently ranks #584 among girls' names in America, with 8,547 babies recorded since 1916.
Social Security Administration records show Lylah recorded 8,547 times among girls since 1916, holding rank #584 nationally today, ahead of 97% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #1,849 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #584 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,547 born since 1916
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lylah ranks #1,849 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #584 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,547 born since 1916, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #584 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,547
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lylah's 8,547 recorded births place it above 97.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lylah compares
8,547 Top 10% higher than 90% 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
Lylah's all-time total is 23x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,547 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 556 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lylah's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 94% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 6%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 556, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 556
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Lylah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (4,428 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Lylah's strongest decade.
4,428 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Lylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s 26
1920s
26 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s 964
2000s
964 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,428 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,077 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 4,428 births (52% of all-time use).
How Lylah 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 Lylah's total volume
Lylah by state
Where Lylah concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,004 | 11.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 829 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 440 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 361 | 4.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 351 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 314 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 277 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 263 | 3.1% |
1,004 of 8,547 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Lylah appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lylah's data
- Lylah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (4,428 total births) through the 2020s (3,077) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Lylahs (1,004 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Lylah 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.