NameTides

Kylah

Kylah was the #1,643 girls' name in the US in 2025 (126 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales and #1,974 in Canada.

Kylah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kylah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Kylah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,643 (126)#2,788 (9)#474 (6)—#1,974 (11)
2024#1,250 (186)#1,603 (19)#638 (4)#736 (4)#1,710 (13)
2023#1,232 (190)#1,774 (16)—#856 (3)#2,027 (10)
2022#1,659 (127)#3,149 (7)#531 (5)#747 (4)#1,989 (10)
2021#1,375 (160)#1,628 (18)#652 (4)—#1,681 (13)
2020#1,287 (173)#1,618 (18)#765 (3)#834 (3)#2,591 (7)
2019#1,302 (176)#1,497 (20)——#2,610 (7)
2018#1,162 (207)#1,977 (14)——#2,892 (6)
2017#1,287 (183)#1,733 (17)——#1,506 (15)
2016#1,055 (247)#1,327 (25)#675 (4)—#2,040 (10)
2015#1,115 (230)#1,961 (14)#653 (4)—#1,659 (13)
2014#977 (273)#1,798 (16)#537 (6)—#1,901 (11)
2013#961 (262)#1,774 (16)#816 (3)—#2,595 (7)
2012#967 (262)#1,583 (19)#467 (7)—#1,531 (15)
2011#940 (274)#2,150 (12)#674 (4)—#1,361 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #921.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 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 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kylah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,700 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kylah 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: #1,271OHPennsylvania: 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: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: 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: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,615TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Kylah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Kylah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KylahCanadaGirls#1,97411
KylahEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
KylahIrelandGirls—too few
KylahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KylahScotlandGirls#4746
KylahUSGirls#1,643126