Girls' name · since 2020
Kaleesia
Kaleesia has 64 recorded births since 2020 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8922
- among girls today
- 64
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 50%
- more common than other girls
Yes -- Kaleesia is the #8922 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 64 recorded since 2020.
Social Security Administration records show Kaleesia recorded 64 times among girls since 2020, holding rank #8922 nationally today, ahead of 50% 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 2020 to 2025.
- #8922 among girls today
- 64 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
- 50% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Kaleesia is currently the #8922 girls' name in America, more common than 50% of girls - 64 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8922
- among girls today
- 64
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 50%
- more common than other girls
Kaleesia vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
More common than 50% of names given to girls today.
100% of everyone ever named Kaleesia was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Kaleesia in 2021 - its busiest year on record.
How Kaleesia compares
64 18th percentile among 17,726 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
Kaleesia's all-time total is 83% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaleesia | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 64 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 48 | 19,840 |
Kaleesia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaleesia splits its recorded history at 2023: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2020 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaleesia at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaleesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Currently ranks #8922 among girls.
64 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 15 births in a single year.
Kaleesia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Kaleesia's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kaleesia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 64 births (100% of all-time use).
Kaleesia decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2020–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Kaleesia: #8922 Girls' Name - 64 Births, Peak 2021." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kaleesia. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kaleesia 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 June 2026.
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