Kahlea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kah-LEE-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Kahlea is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Kahlea come from?
Modern: probably a variant of Kaylee or Kalea
Is Kahlea a girl's or a boy's name?
Kahlea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kahlea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Kahlea, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Kahlea in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kahlea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Kahlea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani Kehlani Kailani Kalani Malani Noa Alani Meilani Nalani Naylani Ailany Kalea
Names related to Kahlea
More Modern names
Jayden Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Kahlea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kahlea, updated 20 October 2026.