Kalah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lah
- Origin
- Modern
Kalah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kalah come from?
Modern: variant of Kayla or Kala
Is Kalah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalah is a girls' name.
How popular is Kalah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Kalah in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kalah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,511 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,933 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 54 | #2,350 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,635 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,039 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Kalah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Farah, Farrah, Summer, Aaliyah, Shayla, Kaliyah, Hadassah, Zainab, Khaliah, Zaira, Kamilah, Kaziyah
Names related to Kalah
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, “Kalah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalah, updated 20 October 2026.