How Many People Are Named Kaylah?
An estimated 6,359 people in the United States have the first name Kaylah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Kaylah peaked in popularity in 1999 with 311 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kaylah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kaylah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
6,359
About 1 in 53,901 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
1999
311 births
Total Registered
6,481
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kaylah
Kaylah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 6,481 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kaylah as a female name
Ranked #4,064 in 2024
36 female births in 2024
Peak: 1999 (311 births)
Kaylah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kaylah span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 2,835 babies were registered. Kaylah has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kaylah by Decade
How has Kaylah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kaylah by State
Birth registrations for Kaylah span all 33 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Oklahoma, Kentucky, Delaware. On average, about 144 Kaylahs were registered per state.
Kaylah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kaylah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kaylah
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kaylah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kaylah?
We estimate approximately 6,359 people named Kaylah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 53,901 Americans share this first name.
Is Kaylah a common name?
Kaylah is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 6,481 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kaylah most popular?
Kaylah reached peak popularity in 1999, when 311 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kaylah is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kaylah a female name?
Kaylah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kaylah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kaylah Smith, Kaylah Johnson, Kaylah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me