Kilah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kilah by the numbers

Kilah was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kilah

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 Kilah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kylahnarrow strait; a feminine form of Kyle182 in the US (2017)
  • Kailahstylish; a variant of kayla42 in the US (2017)
  • Keilahcitadel, fortress; a form of Keila30 in the US (2017)
  • Kiyah97 in the US (2017)
  • Kiah58 in the US (2017)
  • Kirah25 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kilah

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

  • Kylanarrow strait; form of Kyle802 in the US (2017)
  • Khyla25 in the US (2017)
  • Kylea21 in the US (2017)
  • Kiyla9 in the US (2017)
  • Kila5 in the US (2017)
  • Kiylah5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kilah

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