Unisex name · since 1902
Quilla
Since 1902, U.S. Social Security records show 164 babies named Quilla, peaking in 1917. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,861 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1902
- 1920s
- peak decade
Quilla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 164 have been recorded since 1902.
Quilla has 164 recorded births among girls since 1902, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1902 to 2021.
- #21,861 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 164 born since 1902
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quilla ranks #21,861 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 164 born since 1902, peaking in the 1920s.
- #21,861 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1902
- 1920s
- peak decade
Quilla's 164 recorded births place it above 69.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Quilla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Quilla splits its recorded history at 1932: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1915 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Quilla popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1902–2021
- Peak year (1917)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 120 years of records
Quilla popularity over time - boys
16 total births recorded since 1916 (Quilla as boys' name)
Quilla by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (36 births, 22% of the file).
1920s was Quilla's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Quilla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
35 births
- 1920s
1920s
36 births
- 1930s
1930s
23 births
- 1940s
1940s
24 births
- 1950s
1950s
21 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 9
2020s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 36 births (22% of all-time use).
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- Quilla's decade-level peak was the 1920s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 9 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Quilla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~119 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, 1902–2021 (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 Quilla 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.