Kylah

Kylah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“modern variant of Kyla”
Origin
American (modern coinage)
Say it
KY-luh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Usually treated as a modern spelling of Kyla. Kyla is commonly linked to the Gaelic name Kyle or used as a feminine form of Kyle.

How popular is Kylah?

202456.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Kylah in 2024185

2024 rank#1,256 girls

Peak year2009

Total US babies since 18806,152

Kylah has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Kylah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Kylanarrow strait; channel · Scottish Gaelic
  • Samanthauncertain; probably feminine form of Samuel · American (modern coinage)
  • Raelynnmodern blend of Rae and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Nevaehheaven spelled backward · American (modern coinage)
  • Ellianamodern blend of Ellie and Ana · American (modern coinage)
  • Wrenleymodern blend using Wren and -ley · American (modern coinage)
  • Oaklynnmodern blend of Oak and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Adalynnmodern blend of Ada and Lynn · American (modern coinage)

Kylah questions

What does the name Kylah mean?

Kylah means "modern variant of Kyla". It comes from American (modern coinage). Usually treated as a modern spelling of Kyla. Kyla is commonly linked to the Gaelic name Kyle or used as a feminine form of Kyle.

Is Kylah a boy or girl name?

Kylah is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kylah?

185 US babies were named Kylah in 2024. Its peak year was 2009.

How do you pronounce Kylah?

Kylah is usually pronounced KY-luh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.