Kalila Girl
How popular is Kalila?
#3,100 girl name in 2025
52 baby girls were named Kalila in the US in 2025, making it the 3100th most popular girl name.
Kalila popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,100 for girls (▲ 539 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 52 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,649 in 2015, #3,606 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (67 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,593 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1977 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kalila counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kalilah family of names ranked #1,005 for girls in 2025 (#1,091 the year before), with 201 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kalilah | 123 | 61% |
| Kalila | 52 | 26% |
| Kalyla | 14 | 7% |
| Kalylah | 6 | 3% |
| Calilah | 6 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kalila is most popular
Babies named Kalila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Kalila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22 | #5,750 |
| 1980s | 85 | #5,570 |
| 1990s | 151 | #4,633 |
| 2000s | 210 | #5,232 |
| 2010s | 420 | #2,593 |
| 2020s | 280 | #2,929 |
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Questions
- Is Kalila a boy or girl name?
- Kalila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kalila were girls.
- How popular is the name Kalila?
- 52 baby girls were named Kalila in the US in 2025, making it the 3100th most popular girl name.
- When was Kalila most popular?
- Kalila peaked in 2019, when 67 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,593 in 2019.
- How many people are named Kalila?
- 1,168 babies have been named Kalila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,157 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Kalila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kalila was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.