Girls' name · since 2001
Calaya
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 242 babies named Calaya, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,887 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,727 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 242
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calaya currently ranks #6727 among girls' names in America, with 242 babies recorded since 2001.
Calaya has 242 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6727 as of the latest data, more common than 61% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #17,887 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,727 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 242 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calaya ranks #17,887 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,727 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 242 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,887 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,727 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 242
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calaya's 242 recorded births place it above 75.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
How Calaya compares
242 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Calaya's all-time total is 36% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Calaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 242 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Calaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Calaya's full recorded timeline at 2014, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Calaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Calaya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (97 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Calaya's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Calaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
52 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s
2020s
97 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 97 births (40% of all-time use).
Calaya by state
Where Calaya concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 242 births nationwide.
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- North Carolina records the most Calayas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2001–2025 (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 Calaya 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.