Kaaliyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Kaaliyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
Where does Kaaliyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Kaliyah; modern name, probably modelled on Aaliyah
Meaning borrowed from Kaliyah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kaaliyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaaliyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaaliyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Kaaliyah, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had more girls named Kaaliyah than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Kaaliyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 943 girls in the US were given Kaaliyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #353, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
Kaaliyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Kaaliyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Aaliyah Kamiyah Jaliyah Zaliyah Aziyah Naziyah Hadassah Jaziyah Zamiyah Kaziyah Samiyah
Other spellings of Kaaliyah
Names related to Kaaliyah
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, “Kaaliyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaaliyah, updated 20 October 2026.