Kilah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEE-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Kilah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
Where does Kilah come from?
Modern: spelling of Kila; probably a variant of Kyla or Kayla
Meaning borrowed from Kila.
Is Kilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kilah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 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, 17 girls in the US were named Kilah, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had more girls named Kilah than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Kilah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kilah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
Names like Kilah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Aaliyah, Hadassah, Kamiyah, Jaliyah, Farah, Zainab, Safa, Zariah, Zaliyah, Zayla
Names related to Kilah
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, “Kilah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kilah, updated 20 October 2026.