Girls' name · since 2002
Kalaia
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 144 babies named Kalaia, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,674 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
144 babies have been named Kalaia since 2002, making it today's #5674 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Kalaia recorded 144 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #5674 nationally today, ahead of 67% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #23,201 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,674 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 144 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalaia ranks #23,201 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,674 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 144 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,674 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kalaia's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kalaia compares
144 31st 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
Kalaia's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalaia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 144 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kalaia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kalaia splits its recorded history at 2021: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kalaia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Kalaia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (114 births, 79% of the file).
2020s was Kalaia's strongest decade.
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Kalaia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
114 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 114 births (79% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalaia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Kalaia 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.