Kaleah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LEE-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,423 for girls
Kaleah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for girls in the US (152 babies).
Where does Kaleah come from?
Modern: modern coinage related to Kalea and Kaliyah
Is Kaleah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaleah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 152 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaleah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 9 girls.
Kaleah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
How popular is Kaleah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,423rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 152 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 152 girls in the US were named Kaleah, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 239 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kaleah than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Kaleah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 631 girls in the US were given Kaleah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #499, up from #1,423 for this spelling alone.
Kaleah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 152 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 155 | #1,429 |
| 2023 | 178 | #1,287 |
| 2022 | 187 | #1,279 |
| 2021 | 196 | #1,211 |
| 2020 | 155 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 218 | #1,117 |
| 2018 | 155 | #1,425 |
| 2017 | 169 | #1,364 |
| 2016 | 190 | #1,275 |
| 2015 | 215 | #1,170 |
| 2014 | 201 | #1,215 |
| 2013 | 239 | #1,039 |
| 2012 | 216 | #1,136 |
| 2011 | 218 | #1,123 |
| 2010 | 200 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 178 | #1,342 |
| 2008 | 154 | #1,508 |
| 2007 | 137 | #1,621 |
| 2006 | 119 | #1,743 |
| 2005 | 111 | #1,766 |
| 2004 | 119 | #1,629 |
| 2003 | 87 | #2,046 |
| 2002 | 75 | #2,196 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,840 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Kaleah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nevaeh, Aaliyah, Noa, Khadija, Layla, Ayah, Ayla, Kehlani, Kiara, Kaliyah, Safa, Amira
Other spellings of Kaleah
Names related to Kaleah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Kaleah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaleah, updated 20 October 2026.