Calaya
Girl · ka-LAY-a · Modern
Calaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
Where does Calaya come from?
Modern: spelling of Kalaya; modern blend, like Kaliyah and Alaya
- Say it
- ka-LAY-a
Meaning borrowed from Kalaya.
Is Calaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Calaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 94% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Calaya, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Calaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 699 girls in the US were given Calaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #455, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Calaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
Names like Calaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura Alaya Cataleya Alaia Daleyza Amora Zariah Kaliyah Zendaya Alara Zaniyah Brynlee
Other spellings of Calaya
Kalea Kalayah Kalaya Kaleia Calayah Caleah Khalea Khalaya Kaleiah Calea Khaleah
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