Kelaya — #9298 US girls' name
135 babies named Kelaya in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 47% of names given to girls today.
60% of everyone ever named Kelaya was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Kelaya in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kelaya
The Social Security Administration has registered 135 babies named Kelaya between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelaya currently holds the #9298 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelaya performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kelaya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kelaya 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 135 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.
Kelaya at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Kelaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2022)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #9298 among girls.
135 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 22 births in a single year.
Kelaya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 81 births that decade — 60% of Kelaya's all-time total
Kelaya decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kelaya's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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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, 2002–2024 (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.