Girls' name · since 2023
Calaiyah
13 babies named Calaiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2023, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #50,817 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calaiyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 13 have been recorded since 2023.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calaiyah has been recorded 13 times among girls since 2023, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2023 to 2024.
- #50,817 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 2023
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calaiyah ranks #50,817 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 2023, peaking in the 2020s.
- #50,817 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calaiyah's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Calaiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Calaiyah's SSA record in two at 2024 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2023, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Calaiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Calaiyah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (13 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Calaiyah's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Calaiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 13 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Calaiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2023–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Calaiyah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.