Calah
Girl · KAY-la · Hebrew
Calah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Calah mean?
Hebrew: biblical city; also a spelling of Kayla
In Genesis Calah is one of the cities built by Nimrod in Assyria, identified with Nimrud.
- Say it
- KAY-la
Is Calah a girl's or a boy's name?
Calah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 390% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Calah, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had more girls named Calah than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Calah in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,082 girls in the US were given Calah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #309, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
Calah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
Names like Calah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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