Total births
16
Girls' name · since 2020
Kahlayah
16 babies named Kahlayah in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 16
- total births
- 2020–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
16 girls have been named Kahlayah since 2020, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kahlayah has 16 recorded births among girls since 2020, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.
- 16 total births
- 2020–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
16 girls have been named Kahlayah since 2020, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 16
- total births
- 2020–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Kahlayah was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
6 babies were named Kahlayah in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
Kahlayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kahlayah splits its recorded history at 2022: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kahlayah at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2025
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2020
Kahlayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Kahlayah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Kahlayah's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kahlayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Kahlayah? ▼
Since 2020, Social Security records show 16 babies named Kahlayah. The most recent recorded year was 2025. Its busiest year on record was 2025, with 6 births.
When was Kahlayah most popular? ▼
Kahlayah was most popular in the 2020s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Kahlayah been used? ▼
Records for Kahlayah go back to 2020, giving 6 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Kahlayah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kahlani, Kahlan, Kahlia, Kahla, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Kahlayah
Nearby Names Like Kahlayah
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Kahlayah
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Kahlan Girl
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Kahlia Girl
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Kahla Girl
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Kahealani Girl
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Compare Kahlayah side by side: Kahlayah vs Kahlani Kahlayah vs Kahlan Kahlayah vs Kahlia
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2020–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Kahlayah: Baby Name Since 2020 - 16 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kahlayah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kahlayah 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 June 2026.