Girls' name · since 2009
Seylah
Seylah has 281 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,482 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,646 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Seylah currently ranks #4646 among girls' names in America, with 281 babies recorded since 2009.
Seylah has 281 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4646 as of the latest data, more common than 73% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #16,482 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,646 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 281 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seylah ranks #16,482 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,646 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 281 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,482 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,646 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Seylah's 281 recorded births place it above 77.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Seylah compares
281 44th 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
Seylah's all-time total is 25% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Seylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 281 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Seylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Seylah splits its recorded history at 2018: 77% of all births land in the more recent half, 23% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 38 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Seylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Seylah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (184 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Seylah's strongest decade.
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Seylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 9
2000s
9 births
- 2010s
2010s
88 births
- 2020s
2020s
184 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 184 births (65% of all-time use).
Seylah by state
Where Seylah concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.8% |
20 of 281 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Seylahs (20 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Seylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Seylah 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.