Kilia

Girls' name

Possibly heaven, through Celia

Kilia has been given to 34 babies in the U.S. since 2002. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2002, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Kilia, 2009

1 in 764,000

Kilia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kilia: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly heaven, through Celia

English

What Kilia means

Kilia belongs to the name family reached through Kilia → Celia. Its meaning is “heaven”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kilia is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include English.

Kilia comes through English Celia.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Celia.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Kilia is pronounced /kiˈli.a/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 34 girls were recorded with the name Kilia between 2002 and 2009. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2002; its best national rank was #12,949 in 2002.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kilia?

Kilia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2009, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2009: 1 in 764,000; 5 of 3,820,315 births
Among girls only: 1 in 367,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2009: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 529,609 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kilia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2009 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 529,609 children born in 2009 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kilia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kilias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kilia was born before 2006 — so the typical Kilia is around 19 today.

Median birth year: 2006; About 19 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 34; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (34).

Is Kilia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2002 (7)
Years since peak: 23; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #12,949; 2002

Spellings of Kilia

Kilia is not the most common spelling — Julia is, with 24.1% against Kilia's <0.01%.

Julia24.1%476,250
Wilma7.1%140,101
Kylie6.2%121,890
Mila4.3%84,489
Hilda4.1%81,022
Lila3.9%76,493
Emilia3.5%69,076
Kiara2.9%57,068

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kilia around the world

Where Kilia ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
2000–2013
#6,299
in 2013

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Kilia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #12,949; 2002
Peak year: 2002; 7 that year
First recorded: 2002
Last recorded: 2009
All-time count: 34
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kilia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kilyn Pelia Kilei Leilia Acelia Kilea Avelia Xaelia Aralia Valia Maelia Izalia Kilian Kileah Sulia Tullia Kily Aylia Avalia Xalia Kealia Kilah Tilia Relia

Sibling names for Kilia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Iyana Alize Lisbeth Vanesa Shakira Shreya Anastacia Delanie

For a brother

Dallin Zakary Donavan Alexandre Jaylon Jaylin Destin Jair

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