Kalayah Girl
How popular is Kalayah?
#1,611 girl name in 2025
129 baby girls were named Kalayah in the US in 2025, making it the 1611th most popular girl name.
Kalayah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,611 for girls (▼ 82 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 129 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+174% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,389 in 2015, #1,924 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (140 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,529 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1998 |
| 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 |
Kalayah 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 Kalayah is most popular
Babies named Kalayah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
Kalayah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kalayah
Questions
- Is Kalayah a boy or girl name?
- Kalayah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kalayah were girls.
- How popular is the name Kalayah?
- 129 baby girls were named Kalayah in the US in 2025, making it the 1611th most popular girl name.
- When was Kalayah most popular?
- Kalayah peaked in 2024, when 140 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,529 in 2024.
- How many people are named Kalayah?
- 1,442 babies have been named Kalayah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,436 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Kalayah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kalayah was most common in South Carolina, at 0.2 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.