Caliyah — #2309 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Caliyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,941 babies named Caliyah between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caliyah currently holds the #2309 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 106 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caliyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 960 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Caliyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 169 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Caliyah in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caliyah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,941 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.