Girls' name · since 2008
Kalaiya
132 babies named Kalaiya in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,112 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,695 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 132
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kalaiya is the #5695 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 132 recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalaiya has been recorded 132 times among girls since 2008, currently ranked #5695 nationally and more common than 67% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #24,112 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,695 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 132 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalaiya ranks #24,112 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,695 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 132 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,112 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,695 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 132
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kalaiya's 132 recorded births place it above 66.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kalaiya 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
Kalaiya's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalaiya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 132 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kalaiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kalaiya's full recorded timeline at 2020, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kalaiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Kalaiya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (89 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Kalaiya's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Kalaiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 89 births (67% of all-time use).
Kalaiya by state
Where Kalaiya concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.8% |
5 of 132 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kalaiya's data
- California records the most Kalaiyas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Kalaiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Kalaiya 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.