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Kylah

Meaning
Narrow strait
Origin
Variant of Kyla (from Scottish Gaelic)

Girl's name · #1645 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Kylah reached its best rank, #921, in 2009 and ranked #1645 in 2025. About 6,300 girls have carried it since 1976.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 17 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#512 in Scotland (2025) · #2,923 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,659 in Canada (2024).

Famous Kylahs

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Kyla (#580), Kylah would rank around #481 with about 640 births last year — the newborns split about 80/20 between Kyla and Kylah.

Similar names: Elayna · Keyla · Aislynn · Kynlee · Karis · Kiera

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