Girls' name · since 2001
Keliyah
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 266 babies named Keliyah, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,998 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,947 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 266
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
266 babies have been named Keliyah since 2001, making it today's #15947 girls' name.
Keliyah has 266 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15947 as of the latest data, more common than 8% of girls, 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 2001 to 2025.
- #16,998 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,947 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 266 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keliyah ranks #16,998 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,947 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 266 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,998 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,947 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 266
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Keliyah's 266 recorded births place it above 76.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Keliyah compares
266 42nd 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
Keliyah's all-time total is 29% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keliyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 266 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Keliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keliyah'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 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Keliyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (122 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Keliyah's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Keliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
93 births
- 2010s
2010s
122 births
- 2020s
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 122 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Keliyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (122 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keliyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
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, 2001–2025 (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 Keliyah 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.