Girls' name · since 2000

Kahleah

Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 180 babies named Kahleah, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#20,898 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,865 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
180
born since 2000
2010s
peak decade

Kahleah currently ranks #15865 among girls' names in America, with 180 babies recorded since 2000.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahleah has been recorded 180 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #15865 nationally and more common than 8% 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 2000 to 2025.

  • #20,898 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,865 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 180 born since 2000
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahleah ranks #20,898 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,865 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 180 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.

#20,898 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,865 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
180
born since 2000
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%8.2%
Kahleah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kahleah's 180 recorded births place it above 71.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Kahleah compares

180 35th 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

Kahleah's all-time total is 52% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kahleah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 180 376 567,345
Peak-year births 16 21 19,840

Kahleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Kahleah splits its recorded history at 2014: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Kahleah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2022)
16
Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
05101520 20002004200820122015201820222025 5

Kahleah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (76 births, 42% of the file).

2010s was Kahleah's strongest decade.

76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.

Kahleah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 76 births (42% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kahleah?
Since 2000, Social Security records show 180 babies named Kahleah. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #20,898 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #15,865 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2022, with 16 births.
Where does Kahleah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahleah ranks #20,898 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,865 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kahleah most popular?
Kahleah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 76 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
How long has the name Kahleah been used?
Kahleah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 26 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Kahleah?
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.

What to do with Kahleah's data

  • Kahleah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (76 total births) through the 2020s (50) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Kahleah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kahleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2000–2025 (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 Kahleah 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.