Kalia — #1254 US girls' name
5,640 babies named Kalia in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Kalia was born in this single decade.
229 babies were named Kalia in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kalia
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,640 babies named Kalia between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kalia currently holds the #1254 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 229 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,873 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kalia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,041 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kalia in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kalia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,640 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kalia at a glance
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Current rank
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Kalia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1963
- Peak year (2008)
- 229
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
Currently ranks #1254 among girls.
5,640 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 229 births in a single year.
Kalia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,873 births that decade — 33% of Kalia's all-time total
Kalia decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,873 births
- Runner-up 1,701 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kalia's strongest decade
1,873 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Kalia by state
Where Kalia concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,041 | 18.5% |
| #2 | Florida | | 329 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 247 | 4.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 174 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Hawaii | | 171 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 167 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 141 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Washington | | 127 | 2.3% |
1,041 of 5,640 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.5% of nationwide
- Florida 5.8% of nationwide
- Texas 4.4% of nationwide
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
- Hawaii 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 33 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kalia appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1963–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.