Kaleya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-LEE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Kaleya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
Where does Kaleya come from?
Modern: spelling of Kaleyah; modern variant of Kaylee or Khaleah
Meaning borrowed from Kaleyah.
Is Kaleya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaleya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaleya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Kaleya, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Kaleya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were given Kaleya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,644, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Kaleya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Kaleya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Kamiyah, Zaniyah, Zariah, Kaylani, Jaliyah, Alaya, Aaliyah, Nevaeh, Amaya, Amoura, Kennedy
Other spellings of Kaleya
Khaliah, Kaleyah, Kalyiah, Caleyah, Kaleeyah, Kaleeya, Kaleiyah
Names related to Kaleya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Kaleya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaleya, updated 20 October 2026.