Calayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Calayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
Where does Calayah come from?
Modern: spelling of Kalaya; modern blend, like Kaliyah and Alaya
Meaning borrowed from Kalaya.
Is Calayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Calayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,974among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 195% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Calayah, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Calayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 699 girls in the US were given Calayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #455, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
Calayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 52 | #3,081 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Calayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaliyah Zaniyah Zalayah Amoura Kaliyah Alaiyah Kamiyah Aziyah Jalayah Jaliyah Zariah Jaziyah
Other spellings of Calayah
Kalea Kalayah Kalaya Kaleia Caleah Khalea Calaya Khalaya Kaleiah Calea Khaleah
Names related to Calayah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Calayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/calayah, updated 20 October 2026.