NameTides

Kalayah

Kalayah was the #1,611 girls' name in the US in 2025 (129 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales.

Kalayah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kalayah 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Kalayah 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#1,611 (129)#2,138 (13)—
2024#1,529 (140)#1,603 (19)#2,685 (7)
2023#1,750 (117)#2,201 (12)—
2022#1,684 (124)#2,674 (9)—
2021#1,768 (115)#5,581 (3)—
2020#1,924 (99)——
2019#2,355 (76)#4,686 (4)—
2018#2,810 (60)—#2,587 (7)
2017#2,597 (67)#5,765 (3)—
2016#3,010 (55)——
2015#3,389 (47)——
2014#2,888 (59)——
2013#3,042 (54)——
2012#3,782 (41)——
2011#5,207 (26)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,529.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1998.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 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 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kalayah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kalayah 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: #1,061MINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: 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: #743OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest 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: #659NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Kalayah (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
KalayahCanadaGirls—too few
KalayahEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
KalayahUSGirls#1,611129