Girls' name · since 2008
Calliah
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 69 babies named Calliah, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,222 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,285 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Calliah currently ranks #14285 among girls' names in America, with 69 babies recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calliah has been recorded 69 times among girls since 2008, currently ranked #14285 nationally and more common than 17% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #31,222 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,285 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 69 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calliah ranks #31,222 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,285 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 69 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,222 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,285 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Calliah's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Calliah compares
69 19th 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
Calliah's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Calliah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 69 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Calliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Calliah's full recorded timeline at 2016, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Calliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Calliah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (48 births, 70% of the file).
2010s was Calliah's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Calliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 48 births (70% of all-time use).
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- Calliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 2020s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Calliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
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, 2008–2025 (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 Calliah 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.