Girls' name · since 1991
Skylah
Skylah has 2,917 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,320 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,917
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Skylah currently ranks #2320 among girls' names in America, with 2,917 babies recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skylah has been recorded 2,917 times among girls since 1991, currently ranked #2320 nationally and more common than 87% 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 1991 to 2025.
- #3,665 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,320 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,917 born since 1991
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skylah ranks #3,665 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,320 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,917 born since 1991, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,320 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,917
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Skylah's 2,917 recorded births place it above 94.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Skylah compares
2,917 Top 19% higher than 81% 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
Skylah's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Skylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,917 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 178 | 21 | 19,840 |
Skylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Skylah's full recorded timeline at 2009, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 178 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Skylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 178
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Skylah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,568 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Skylah's strongest decade.
1,568 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Skylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 107
1990s
107 births
- 2000s
2000s
634 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,568 births
- 2020s 608
2020s
608 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,568 births (54% of all-time use).
How Skylah 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 Skylah's total volume
Skylah by state
Where Skylah concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 415 | 14.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 175 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 161 | 5.5% |
| #4 | California | | 142 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 116 | 4.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 88 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 83 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 49 | 1.7% |
415 of 2,917 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Skylah appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Skylah's data
- Skylah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,568 total births) through the 2020s (608) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Skylahs (415 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Skylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
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 Skylah 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.