Girls' name · since 2002
Kelaya
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 149 babies named Kelaya, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,741 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kelaya currently ranks #7741 among girls' names in America, with 149 babies recorded since 2002.
Kelaya has 149 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7741 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #22,834 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,741 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 149 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kelaya ranks #22,834 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,741 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 149 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,741 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kelaya's 149 recorded births place it above 68.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kelaya compares
149 31st 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
Kelaya's all-time total is 60% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kelaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 149 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kelaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kelaya's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kelaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Kelaya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (95 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Kelaya's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Kelaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 9
2000s
9 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s
2020s
95 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 95 births (64% of all-time use).
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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, 2002–2025 (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 Kelaya 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.