Kyla
#579 for girls in 2025, 512 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2004 · 2,038 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 43,674since 1940
Kyla over time
Rank among girls' names. Kyla has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #579 | 512 | — | |
| 2024 | #547 | 554 | — | |
| 2023 | #564 | 527 | — | |
| 2022 | #560 | 546 | — | |
| 2021 | #498 | 626 | — | |
| 2020 | #491 | 621 | — | |
| 2019 | #462 | 674 | — | |
| 2018 | #434 | 728 | — | |
| 2017 | #387 | 807 | — | |
| 2016 | #366 | 889 | — | |
| 2015 | #357 | 921 | — | |
| 2014 | #355 | 919 | — | |
| 2013 | #316 | 1,026 | — | |
| 2012 | #284 | 1,115 | — | |
| 2011 | #285 | 1,111 | — | |
| 2010 | #253 | 1,284 | — | |
| 2009 | #263 | 1,248 | — | |
| 2008 | #245 | 1,411 | — | |
| 2007 | #231 | 1,528 | — | |
| 2006 | #204 | 1,693 | — | |
| 2005 | #194 | 1,770 | — | |
| 2004 | #162 | 2,038 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #165 | 2,023 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #187 | 1,705 | — | |
| 2001 | #247 | 1,295 | — | |
| 2000 | #235 | 1,363 | — | |
| 1999 | #253 | 1,245 | — | |
| 1998 | #264 | 1,177 | — | |
| 1997 | #260 | 1,116 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #290 | 997 | — | |
| 1995 | #411 | 625 | — | |
| 1994 | #401 | 626 | — | |
| 1993 | #395 | 638 | — | |
| 1992 | #367 | 701 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #397 | 645 | — | |
| 1990 | #426 | 596 | — | |
| 1989 | #428 | 580 | — | |
| 1988 | #426 | 546 | — | |
| 1987 | #459 | 480 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #546 | 371 | — | |
| 1985 | #580 | 336 | — | |
| 1984 | #523 | 369 | — | |
| 1983 | #535 | 351 | — | |
| 1982 | #527 | 371 | — | |
| 1981 | #528 | 360 | — | |
| 1980 | #605 | 303 | — | |
| 1979 | #553 | 336 | — | |
| 1978 | #782 | 195 | — | |
| 1977 | #851 | 173 | — | |
| 1976 | #832 | 166 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,100 | 106 | — | |
| 1974 | #896 | 142 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,138 | 97 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,079 | 106 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,113 | 106 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,182 | 97 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,480 | 63 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,418 | 63 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,269 | 72 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,385 | 63 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,350 | 66 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,548 | 54 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,547 | 53 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 42 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,955 | 35 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,061 | 31 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,784 | 37 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,151 | 26 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
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| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kyla! It came in at #4,349, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1940–1947, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kyla is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Montana#66 · 1 in 273
- Vermont#127 · 1 in 534
- South Dakota#181 · 1 in 811
- Indiana#203 · 1 in 1,285
- Iowa#214 · 1 in 1,303
Best ever in a state: #55 in Hawaii, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #66 | 14 | 1 in 273 |
| Vermont | #127 | 5 | 1 in 534 |
| South Dakota | #181 | 5 | 1 in 811 |
| Indiana | #203 | 25 | 1 in 1,285 |
| Iowa | #214 | 12 | 1 in 1,303 |
| Oregon | #219 | 13 | 1 in 1,178 |
| Arkansas | #233 | 9 | 1 in 1,362 |
| Washington | #251 | 19 | 1 in 1,431 |
| Nebraska | #262 | 6 | 1 in 1,538 |
| Massachusetts | #272 | 21 | 1 in 1,709 |
| Colorado | #303 | 11 | 1 in 1,908 |
| Oklahoma | #311 | 10 | 1 in 1,792 |
| Missouri | #333 | 13 | 1 in 2,403 |
| Wisconsin | #345 | 11 | 1 in 2,632 |
| Kansas | #365 | 6 | 1 in 2,368 |
| Louisiana | #384 | 11 | 1 in 2,392 |
| Arizona | #391 | 11 | 1 in 2,221 |
| Tennessee | #412 | 9 | 1 in 3,135 |
| Alabama | #428 | 7 | 1 in 3,076 |
| Connecticut | #439 | 5 | 1 in 3,648 |
| Illinois | #444 | 22 | 1 in 3,299 |
| Michigan | #446 | 16 | 1 in 3,623 |
| Texas | #463 | 43 | 1 in 2,997 |
| Minnesota | #466 | 6 | 1 in 4,498 |
| Kentucky | #481 | 5 | 1 in 4,177 |
| North Carolina | #512 | 9 | 1 in 4,140 |
| Virginia | #524 | 8 | 1 in 4,343 |
| Florida | #538 | 16 | 1 in 4,339 |
| Ohio | #557 | 13 | 1 in 5,208 |
| Pennsylvania | #615 | 12 | 1 in 5,768 |
| California | #656 | 43 | 1 in 5,003 |
| Georgia | #739 | 6 | 1 in 6,532 |
| New Jersey | #756 | 6 | 1 in 7,262 |
| New York | #797 | 16 | 1 in 6,992 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kyla
- 32 spots since 2024 (#547 → #579)
- 88 spots since 2020 (#491 → #579)
- 222 spots since 2015 (#357 → #579)
- Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1976 (#1,100 → #832)
- Biggest drop: 204 spots in 1975 (#896 → #1,100)
- Debuted 1940
- Peaked 2004 at #162 (2,038 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1976–2025
- Highest: 1 in 901 girls born in 2004 were named Kyla (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,139 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 36.8% of all girls named Kyla (16,074) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 20 | #3,892 (1949) | #4,149 |
| 1950s | 221 | #1,784 (1957) | #2,656 |
| 1960s | 542 | #1,269 (1967) | #1,577 |
| 1970s | 1,524 | #553 (1979) | #953 |
| 1980s | 4,067 | #426 (1988) | #516 |
| 1990s | 8,366 | #253 (1999) | #346 |
| 2000s | 16,074 | #162 (2004) | #213 |
| 2010s | 9,474 | #253 (2010) | #350 |
| 2020s | 3,386 | #491 (2020) | #540 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kyla in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 3,622 of them was named Kyla, which outranked 96.5% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 373,397 of them was named Kyla, which outranked 14.7% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,201 names at #6,951; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.