Girls' name · since 1996
Kaelia
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 13 babies named Kaelia, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #51,005 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,370 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kaelia is the #11370 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 13 recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Kaelia recorded 13 times among girls since 1996, holding rank #11370 nationally today, ahead of 34% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #51,005 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,370 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaelia ranks #51,005 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,370 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #51,005 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,370 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaelia's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaelia compares
13 5th 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
Kaelia's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kaelia's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kaelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Kaelia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (8 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Kaelia's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Kaelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 8 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Kaelia 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.