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Kylah

Girl

Meaning of Kylah: Modern American coinage, variant of Kayla

Kylah is a girl's name most strongly associated with American naming. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1592nd most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 1603rd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1592

126 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#1603

19 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

6,281

First recorded 1976 · peak 2009

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 14 babies1982: 9 babies1983: 8 babies1984: 16 babies1985: 15 babies1986: 17 babies1987: 12 babies1988: 12 babies1989: 19 babies1990: 13 babies19901991: 20 babies1992: 26 babies1993: 35 babies1994: 28 babies1995: 51 babies1996: 112 babies1997: 105 babies1998: 121 babies1999: 113 babies2000: 141 babies20002001: 139 babies2002: 175 babies2003: 219 babies2004: 198 babies2005: 217 babies2006: 227 babies2007: 268 babies2008: 261 babies2009: 292 babies2010: 272 babies20102011: 274 babies2012: 262 babies2013: 262 babies2014: 273 babies2015: 230 babies2016: 247 babies2017: 183 babies2018: 207 babies2019: 176 babies2020: 173 babies20202021: 160 babies2022: 127 babies2023: 190 babies2024: 186 babies2025: 126 babies
US babies named Kylah per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 292.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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