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
Kahliya's 132 recorded births place it above 66.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
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
- Peak year (2006)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #10536 among girls.
132 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 14 births in a single year.
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
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 65 births (49% of all-time use).
Kahliya decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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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.
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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.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~24 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, 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.
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