Girls' name · since 2002
Kalayla
134 babies named Kalayla in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalayla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 134 have been recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalayla has been recorded 134 times among girls since 2002, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 2002 to 2024.
- #23,958 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 134 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalayla ranks #23,958 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 134 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalayla's 134 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kalayla splits its recorded history at 2013: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kalayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Kalayla by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (69 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Kalayla's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Kalayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 69 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Kalayla's decade-level peak was the 2010s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2002–2024 (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 Kalayla 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.