Kila

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kila by the numbers

Kila was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 55 babies in 1972, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Kila

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kila. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kalatime; black; dark22 in the US (2017)
  • Kia14 in the US (2017)
  • Kili13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kila

Names that are said the same way as Kila, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kylanarrow strait; form of Kyle802 in the US (2017)
  • Kylahnarrow strait; a feminine form of Kyle182 in the US (2017)
  • Khyla25 in the US (2017)
  • Kylea21 in the US (2017)
  • Kilah11 in the US (2017)
  • Kiyla9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kila

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