Girls' name · since 2003

Kahliah

Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 64 babies named Kahliah, peaking in 2019. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#32,120 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,024 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
64
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade

64 babies have been named Kahliah since 2003, making it today's #16024 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Kahliah recorded 64 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #16024 nationally today, ahead of 7% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.

  • #32,120 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,024 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 64 born since 2003
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahliah ranks #32,120 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,024 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 64 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.

#32,120 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,024 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
64
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%7.3%
Kahliah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kahliah's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% 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 Kahliah compares

64 19th 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

Kahliah's all-time total is 83% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kahliah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 64 376 567,345
Peak-year births 8 21 19,840

Kahliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Kahliah's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Kahliah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2019)
8
Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
456789 20032005200620112016201720192020202120232025 5

Kahliah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (25 births, 39% of the file).

2010s was Kahliah's strongest decade.

25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.

Kahliah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 25 births (39% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kahliah?
Since 2003, Social Security records show 64 babies named Kahliah. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #32,120 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #16,024 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2019, with 8 births.
Where does Kahliah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahliah ranks #32,120 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,024 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 Kahliah most popular?
Kahliah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
How long has the name Kahliah been used?
Kahliah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 23 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Kahliah?
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 Kahliah's data

  • Kahliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (25 total births) through the 2020s (21) -- 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 Kahliah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kahliah: 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, 2003–2025 (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 Kahliah 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.