Girls' name · since 2004
Kalaiah
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 95 babies named Kalaiah, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,667 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,641 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kalaiah currently ranks #12641 among girls' names in America, with 95 babies recorded since 2004.
Kalaiah has 95 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12641 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #27,667 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,641 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 95 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalaiah ranks #27,667 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,641 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 95 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,667 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,641 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kalaiah's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kalaiah compares
95 24th 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
Kalaiah's all-time total is 75% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalaiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 95 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kalaiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kalaiah splits its recorded history at 2019: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kalaiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Kalaiah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (50 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Kalaiah's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Kalaiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 50 births (53% of all-time use).
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Kalaiah 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.