girls:
919 births since 1957
#4797 (16th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1972
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
924 births since 1957
#6815 (12th percentile)
The name Kila is the #6,815 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 924 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 11.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,797 (16.1% percentile) for all time with 919 births since 1957. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1972.
Kila first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Kila is available in 62 out of the 67 years between 1957 and 2023 (62 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kila has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kila reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 6.7% percentile (ranked #693) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 34 births per million (ranked 6.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kila ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 10.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kila reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #661) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1972.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kila".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kila. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.4% confident that Kila is pronounced as KEE-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KIH-luh, at 19.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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