Kila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEE-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Kila is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Kila come from?
Modern: probably a variant of Kyla or Kayla
Is Kila a girl's or a boy's name?
Kila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Kila, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1972, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
2025 had fewer girls named Kila than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Kila in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,627 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
Names like Kila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keyla, Kiara, Kiana, Kaylee, Kianna, Kyla, Brianna, Kira, Kendra, Kayla, Kylie, Kaitlyn
Names related to Kila
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Kila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kila, updated 20 October 2026.