Girls' name · since 2009
Kelaia
Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 33 babies named Kelaia, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 33
- total births
- 2009–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 82%
- born in that decade
Kelaia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 33 have been recorded since 2009.
Kelaia has 33 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2019.
- 33 total births
- 2009–2019 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 82% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelaia's 33 recorded births place it above 45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Kelaia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kelaia's full recorded timeline at 2015, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kelaia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2019
- Peak year (2015)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Kelaia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kelaia's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Kelaia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 27 births (82% of all-time use).
Kelaia by state
Where Kelaia concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 15.2% |
5 of 33 births nationwide.
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- Florida records the most Kelaias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2009–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelaia: Baby Name Since 2009 - 33 Births, Peak 2015." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelaia. 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 Kelaia 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 July 2026.