Girls' name · since 2003

Kaleeyah

138 babies named Kaleeyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#23,646 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,094 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
138
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade

138 babies have been named Kaleeyah since 2003, making it today's #14094 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Kaleeyah recorded 138 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #14094 nationally today, ahead of 19% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.

  • #23,646 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #14,094 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 138 born since 2003
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaleeyah ranks #23,646 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,094 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 138 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.

#23,646 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,094 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
138
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%18.5%
Kaleeyah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kaleeyah's 138 recorded births place it above 67.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Kaleeyah compares

138 30th 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

Kaleeyah's all-time total is 63% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kaleeyah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 138 376 567,345
Peak-year births 13 21 19,840

Kaleeyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Kaleeyah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Kaleeyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2012)
13
Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
468101214 2003200820112014201820222025 6

Kaleeyah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (82 births, 59% of the file).

2010s was Kaleeyah's strongest decade.

82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.

Kaleeyah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 82 births (59% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kaleeyah?
Since 2003, Social Security records show 138 babies named Kaleeyah. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #23,646 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #14,094 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2012, with 13 births.
Where does Kaleeyah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaleeyah ranks #23,646 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,094 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kaleeyah most popular?
Kaleeyah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 82 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Kaleeyah been used?
Records for Kaleeyah go back to 2003, giving 23 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Kaleeyah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kali, Kaleigh, Kaley, Kaliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kaleeyah's data

  • Kaleeyah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 20 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.

Keep exploring Kaleeyah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kaleeyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2003–2025 (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 Kaleeyah 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.