Kalaia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-LYE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Kalaia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
Where does Kalaia come from?
Modern: modern coinage with a Hawaiian feel
Is Kalaia a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalaia 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 Kalaia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Kalaia, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Kalaia in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kalaia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Kalaia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Ailany, Malani, Kailani, Naylani, Kylani, Meilani, Nailani, Xyla, Noa, Ilani
Names related to Kalaia
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, “Kalaia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalaia, updated 20 October 2026.