Kalayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,611 for girls
Kalayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 1,611th for girls in the US (129 babies).
Where does Kalayah come from?
Modern: modern blend, like Kaliyah and Alaya
Is Kalayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 129 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Kalayah, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kalayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 40 girls in the UK were given Kalayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #846, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Kalayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
How popular is Kalayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,611th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 129 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 129 girls in the US were named Kalayah, making it the 1,611th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,924th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 140 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Kalayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 699 girls in the US were given Kalayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #455, up from #1,611 for this spelling alone.
Kalayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | #1,611 |
| 2024 | 140 | #1,529 |
| 2023 | 117 | #1,750 |
| 2022 | 124 | #1,684 |
| 2021 | 115 | #1,768 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,924 |
| 2019 | 76 | #2,355 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,809 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 47 | #3,389 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,886 |
| 2013 | 54 | #3,041 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 42 | #3,688 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
Names like Kalayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah, Nusaybah, Safa, Aaliyah, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Kaliyah, Zainab, Abeeha, Khadija, Hafsa, Zaniyah
Other spellings of Kalayah
Khalayah, Kalea, Kalaya, Calayah, Kaleia, Caleah, Khalea, Calaya, Khalaya, Kaleiah, Calea, Khaleah
Names related to Kalayah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kalayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalayah, updated 20 October 2026.