Girls' name · since 1978
Kaleah
Kaleah has 4,439 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,782 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,425 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,439
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
4,439 babies have been named Kaleah since 1978, making it today's #1425 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaleah has been recorded 4,439 times among girls since 1978, currently ranked #1425 nationally and more common than 92% 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 1978 to 2025.
- #2,782 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,425 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,439 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaleah ranks #2,782 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,425 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,439 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,782 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,425 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,439
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaleah's 4,439 recorded births place it above 96.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kaleah compares
4,439 Top 15% higher than 85% of 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
Kaleah's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaleah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,439 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 239 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaleah splits its recorded history at 2003: 89% of all births land in the more recent half, 11% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 239 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 239
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Kaleah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,021 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Kaleah's strongest decade.
2,021 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Kaleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 61
1980s
61 births
- 1990s 247
1990s
247 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,075 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,021 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,023 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,021 births (46% of all-time use).
How Kaleah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kaleah's total volume
Kaleah by state
Where Kaleah concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 455 | 10.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 354 | 8.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 299 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 186 | 4.2% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 149 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 139 | 3.1% |
| #7 | New York | | 119 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 111 | 2.5% |
455 of 4,439 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Kaleah appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kaleah's data
- Kaleah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,021 total births) through the 2020s (1,023) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Kaleahs (455 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kaleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Kaleah 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.