NameTides

Kaliah

Kaliah was the #1,721 girls' name in the US in 2025 (118 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Kaliah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kaliah 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
Kaliah 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#1,721 (118)#4,201 (5)#2,730 (7)
2024#1,840 (109)#2,772 (9)—
2023#1,813 (111)#3,219 (7)—
2022#1,807 (113)#2,889 (8)—
2021#1,622 (129)#2,942 (8)#3,280 (5)
2020#1,704 (119)#5,493 (3)#2,873 (6)
2019#1,864 (108)#2,869 (8)#2,374 (8)
2018#1,925 (103)#3,985 (5)#3,286 (5)
2017#1,964 (101)#4,763 (4)—
2016#1,890 (107)—#2,383 (8)
2015#1,908 (106)—#2,363 (8)
2014#2,236 (84)#4,684 (4)#3,316 (5)
2013#1,888 (106)#4,739 (4)—
2012#1,911 (104)#4,171 (5)#2,158 (9)
2011#2,073 (93)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,622.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1978.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 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 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kaliah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kaliah 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: #1,830NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,032INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: 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: #1,138NCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Kaliah (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
KaliahCanadaGirls#2,7307
KaliahEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
KaliahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KaliahUSGirls#1,721118