Girls' name · since 2001

Kahliya

132 babies named Kahliya in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#24,111 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,536 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
132
born since 2001
2010s
peak decade

Kahliya currently ranks #10536 among girls' names in America, with 132 babies recorded since 2001.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahliya has been recorded 132 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #10536 nationally and more common than 39% 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 2001 to 2025.

  • #24,111 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #10,536 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 132 born since 2001
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahliya ranks #24,111 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,536 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 132 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.

#24,111 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,536 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
132
born since 2001
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%39%
Kahliya vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kahliya's 132 recorded births place it above 66.61% 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 Kahliya compares

132 29th 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

Kahliya's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kahliya Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 132 376 567,345
Peak-year births 14 21 19,840

Kahliya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Kahliya's full recorded timeline at 2015, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Kahliya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2006)
14
Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
46810121416 2001200820132016202020242025 9

Kahliya by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (65 births, 49% of the file).

2010s was Kahliya's strongest decade.

65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.

Kahliya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 65 births (49% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kahliya?
132 babies have been named Kahliya since 2001. All-time, it sits at #24,111 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #10,536 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2006 with 14 births.
Where does Kahliya sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahliya ranks #24,111 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,536 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 Kahliya most popular?
Kahliya was most popular in the 2010s decade with 65 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Kahliya been used?
Kahliya has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 25 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Kahliya?
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 Kahliya's data

  • Kahliya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 2020s (35) -- 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 Kahliya

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kahliya: 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, 2001–2025 (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 Kahliya 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.