Kanylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-NY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Kanylah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
Where does Kanylah come from?
Modern: spelling of Kanyla; modern coinage in the style of Kayla
Meaning borrowed from Kanyla.
Is Kanylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kanylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kanylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Kanylah, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. It first appears in the records in 2010.
2025 had the most girls named Kanylah of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Kanylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 girls in the US were given Kanylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,538, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
- Kanyla 28
- Kanylah 18
- Canyla 5
Kanylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
Names like Kanylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Kailani, Malani, Kalani, Naylani, Ailany, Nailani, Meilani, Kylani, Ilani, Klani
Other spellings of Kanylah
Names related to Kanylah
More Modern names
Jayden, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kanylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kanylah, updated 20 October 2026.