Girls' name · since 1994
Kaaliyah
437 babies named Kaaliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,820 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,320 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 437
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
437 babies have been named Kaaliyah since 1994, making it today's #5320 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaaliyah has been recorded 437 times among girls since 1994, currently ranked #5320 nationally and more common than 69% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #12,820 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,320 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 437 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaaliyah ranks #12,820 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,320 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 437 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,820 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,320 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 437
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaaliyah's 437 recorded births place it above 82.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kaaliyah compares
437 Top 48% higher than 52% of 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
Kaaliyah's all-time total is 16% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaaliyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 437 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaaliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaaliyah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaaliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Kaaliyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (188 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Kaaliyah's strongest decade.
188 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Kaaliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s
2000s
188 births
- 2010s
2010s
142 births
- 2020s
2020s
84 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 188 births (43% of all-time use).
Kaaliyah by state
Where Kaaliyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 2.5% |
11 of 437 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kaaliyah's data
- Kaaliyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (188 total births) through the 2020s (84) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Kaaliyahs (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kaaliyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Kaaliyah 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.