Kalaya Girl
How popular is Kalaya?
#1,833 girl name in 2025
109 baby girls were named Kalaya in the US in 2025, making it the 1833rd most popular girl name.
Kalaya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,833 for girls (▲ 317 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 109 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+114% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,211 in 2015, #2,100 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (109 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,833 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1987 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kalaya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kalayah family of names ranked #719 for girls in 2025 (#750 the year before), with 365 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kalayah | 129 | 35% |
| Kalaya | 109 | 30% |
| Calayah | 36 | 10% |
| Kalaia | 22 | 6% |
| Calaya | 17 | 5% |
| Kalaiah | 7 | 2% |
| Kailaya | 8 | 2% |
| Kahlaya | 6 | 2% |
| Kailaia | 19 | 5% |
| Kahlayah | 6 | 2% |
| Kailayah | 6 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kalaya is most popular
Babies named Kalaya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (8 girls)
Kalaya by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kalaya
Questions
- Is Kalaya a boy or girl name?
- Kalaya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kalaya were girls.
- How popular is the name Kalaya?
- 109 baby girls were named Kalaya in the US in 2025, making it the 1833rd most popular girl name.
- When was Kalaya most popular?
- Kalaya peaked in 2025, when 109 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,833 in 2025.
- How many people are named Kalaya?
- 1,559 babies have been named Kalaya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,549 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Kalaya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kalaya was most common in North Carolina, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.