Kaaliyah — #7756 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kaaliyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 413 babies named Kaaliyah between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaaliyah currently holds the #7756 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaaliyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kaaliyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kaaliyah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaaliyah 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 413 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.