Girls' name · since 2006

Kliyah

Kliyah has 68 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

68
total births
2006–2025
years on record
2010s
peak decade
50%
born in that decade

Kliyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 68 have been recorded since 2006.

Kliyah has 68 recorded births among girls since 2006, 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 2006 to 2025.

  • 68 total births
  • 2006–2025 years on record
  • 2010s peak decade
  • 50% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kliyah's 68 recorded births place it above 56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Kliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Kliyah's full recorded timeline at 2014, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Kliyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025

Last recorded 2025
Peak year (2012)
9
Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
45678910 20062007200820102012201420152018202020222025 7

Kliyah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2010s was Kliyah's strongest decade.

34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.

Kliyah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 34 births (50% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kliyah?
68 babies have been named Kliyah since 2006. It was last recorded in 2025. The peak year was 2012 with 9 births.
When was Kliyah most popular?
Kliyah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 34 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Kliyah been used?
The SSA has tracked Kliyah since 2006 -- 20 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Kliyah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Klisha, Kline, Klinkaara. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kliyah's data

  • Kliyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (34 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Kliyah: Baby Name Since 2006 - 68 Births, Peak 2012." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kliyah. 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 Kliyah 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.