Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kyla

#656 most common girls' name of all time · #1,198 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1940–2025

Rank among girls
#656
Rank overall
#1,198 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
43,703
Since 2016
6,484
Peak year
2004 #162
Best rank
#162 2004
Girls Boys peak 2,044/yr
19401960198020002020

Kyla first appears in 1940. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 512 512 #579
2024 554 554 #548
2023 527 527 #564
2022 546 546 #560
2021 626 626 #498
2020 621 621 #492
2019 674 674 #462
2018 728 728 #436
2017 807 807 #387
2016 889 889 #367
2015 921 921 #358
2014 919 919 #356
2013 1,026 1,026 #317
2012 1,115 1,115 #284
2011 1,111 1,111 #286
2010 1,284 1,284 #253
2009 1,248 1,248 #263
2008 1,411 1,411 #245
2007 1,528 1,528 #231
2006 1,693 1,693 #204
2005 1,770 1,770 #194
2004 2,038 6 2,044 #162
2003 2,023 5 2,028 #165
2002 1,705 1,705 #187
2001 1,295 1,295 #247
2000 1,363 1,363 #235
1999 1,245 1,245 #253
1998 1,177 1,177 #264
1997 1,116 8 1,124 #260
1996 997 997 #290
1995 625 625 #411
1994 626 626 #401
1993 638 638 #395
1992 701 5 706 #367
1991 645 645 #397
1990 596 596 #428
1989 580 580 #428
1988 546 546 #426
1987 480 5 485 #459
1986 371 371 #546
1985 336 336 #581
1984 369 369 #523
1983 351 351 #535
1982 371 371 #528
1981 360 360 #528
1980 303 303 #607
1979 336 336 #553
1978 195 195 #783
1977 173 173 #852
1976 166 166 #833
1975 106 106 #1,106
1974 142 142 #897
1973 97 97 #1,139
1972 106 106 #1,082
1971 106 106 #1,117
1970 97 97 #1,188
1969 63 63 #1,490
1968 63 63 #1,429
1967 72 72 #1,277
1966 63 63 #1,394
1965 66 66 #1,364
1964 54 54 #1,557
1963 53 53 #1,562
1962 42 42 #1,777
1961 35 35 #1,990
1960 31 31 #2,086
1959 37 37 #1,847
1958 28 28 #2,148
1957 37 37 #1,803
1956 26 26 #2,187
1955 22 22 #2,398
1954 25 25 #2,175
1953 17 17 #2,680
1952 13 13 #3,174
1951 11 11 #3,445
1950 5 5 #5,841
1949 8 8 #4,165
1948 7 7 #4,549
1940 5 5 #4,997