Kaileah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kye-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Kaileah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
Where does Kaileah come from?
Modern: spelling of Kailea; modern blend of Kai and Lea, Hawaiian in style
Meaning borrowed from Kailea.
Is Kaileah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaileah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaileah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Kaileah, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had the most girls named Kaileah of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Kaileah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 girls in the US were given Kaileah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,979, up from #5,553 for this spelling alone.
- Kailea 58
- Kaileah 22
Kaileah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Kaileah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani, Kehlani, Kalani, Malani, Ailany, Naylani, Meilani, Alani, Nalani, Noa, Kylani, Milani
Other spellings of Kaileah
Names related to Kaileah
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, “Kaileah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaileah, updated 20 October 2026.