Kalaiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kah-LY-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Kalaiyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
Where does Kalaiyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Kalaiya; modern coinage related to Kaliyah and Kalaya
Meaning borrowed from Kalaiya.
Is Kalaiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalaiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalaiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Kalaiyah, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Kalaiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kalaiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
Names like Kalaiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaliyah Zaniyah Alaiyah Kaliyah Kamiyah Aziyah Zalayah Jaziyah Naziyah Kaziyah Jaliyah Zamiyah
Names related to Kalaiyah
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, “Kalaiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalaiyah, updated 20 October 2026.