NameTides

Kalaya

Kalaya was the #1,833 girls' name in the US in 2025 (109 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Kalaya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kalaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Kalaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,833 (109)#4,201 (5)#3,478 (5)
2024#2,150 (88)#3,016 (8)#3,383 (5)
2023#2,517 (70)#3,599 (6)#2,900 (6)
2022#2,689 (64)——
2021#2,286 (80)#5,581 (3)—
2020#2,100 (87)#5,493 (3)—
2019#2,508 (70)#4,001 (5)—
2018#3,004 (54)#5,666 (3)—
2017#2,903 (57)—#3,307 (5)
2016#2,902 (58)#4,096 (5)—
2015#3,211 (51)#4,103 (5)—
2014#2,843 (60)—#3,316 (5)
2013#2,661 (66)——
2012#2,832 (61)——
2011#3,132 (53)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,833.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kalaya is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kalaya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Kalaya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KalayaCanadaGirls#3,4785
KalayaEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
KalayaUSGirls#1,833109