Kalayah
Kalayah was the 1617th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 129 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1531st with 140 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,791 places. More babies were named Kalayah in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,617 girls, up 318 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 129girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024140 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,442babies recorded
Kalayah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,617 | 129 |
| 2020 | #1,935 | 99 |
| 2010 | #3,718 | 42 |
| 2000 | #10,283 | 9 |
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How popular is Kalayah, counting every spelling?
Kalayah is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #657 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,617 for Kalayah on its own. Together these spellings went to 439 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalayah | 129 | #1,617 | 625 |
| Kaleia | 95 | #2,010 | 429 |
| Kalaya | 109 | #1,837 | 411 |
| Calayah | 36 | #3,996 | 160 |
| Kalaia | 22 | #5,634 | 96 |
| Kaleiah | 15 | #7,298 | 91 |
| Calaya | 17 | #6,589 | 88 |
| Kalaiah | 7 | #12,514 | 41 |
| Caleia | 9 | #10,251 | 30 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kalayah?
129 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kalayah (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kalayah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 65 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kalayah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kalayah?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Kalayah are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 12. That makes Kalayah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kalayah by state
How common Kalayah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (1.8×), North Carolina (1.6×), Georgia (1.5×). In 35 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kalayah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kalayah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kalayah
How popular is the name Kalayah?
Kalayah was the 1617th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 129 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1531st with 140 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,791 places. More babies were named Kalayah in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Kalayah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kalayah in the US.
Where is Kalayah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kalayah was most common in South Carolina (0.20 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Ohio.