Kalilah Girl
How popular is Kalilah?
#1,673 girl name in 2025
123 baby girls were named Kalilah in the US in 2025, making it the 1673rd most popular girl name.
Kalilah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,673 for girls (▲ 222 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 123 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+547% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,450 in 2015, #3,914 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (123 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,673 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1976 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kalilah 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 Kalilah is most popular
Babies named Kalilah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Kalilah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 39 | #4,234 |
| 1980s | 42 | #5,543 |
| 1990s | 43 | #8,329 |
| 2000s | 106 | #7,993 |
| 2010s | 246 | #2,891 |
| 2020s | 408 | #1,673 |
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Questions
- Is Kalilah a boy or girl name?
- Kalilah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kalilah were girls.
- How popular is the name Kalilah?
- 123 baby girls were named Kalilah in the US in 2025, making it the 1673rd most popular girl name.
- When was Kalilah most popular?
- Kalilah peaked in 2025, when 123 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,673 in 2025.
- How many people are named Kalilah?
- 884 babies have been named Kalilah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 877 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Kalilah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kalilah was most common in Mississippi, at 0.1 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.