NameTides

Kalila

Kalila was the #3,100 girls' name in the US in 2025 (52 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales.

Kalila as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kalila as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Kalila as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#3,100 (52)#2,788 (9)—
2024#3,639 (42)#2,772 (9)—
2023#3,386 (47)#2,689 (9)#2,366 (8)
2022#3,703 (41)#3,534 (6)—
2021#2,929 (57)#3,961 (5)—
2020#3,607 (41)#3,117 (7)—
2019#2,593 (67)#4,001 (5)#2,374 (8)
2018#2,782 (61)#3,518 (6)—
2017#2,925 (56)#4,763 (4)#3,307 (5)
2016#3,523 (44)——
2015#3,650 (42)#5,730 (3)—
2014#3,848 (39)#4,684 (4)—
2013#3,778 (40)#4,050 (5)—
2012#5,557 (24)#5,876 (3)—
2011#5,207 (26)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #2,593.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 31,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kalila is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 36,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 26,000 to 1 in 49,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kalila by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kalila (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KalilaCanadaGirls—too few
KalilaEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
KalilaUSGirls#3,10052