Kaliya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,778 for girls
Kaliya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
Where does Kaliya come from?
Modern: spelling of Kaliyah; modern name, probably modelled on Aaliyah
Meaning borrowed from Kaliyah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kaliya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaliya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaliya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,778among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Kaliya, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had the most girls named Kaliya of any year since it first appeared, in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Kaliya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 943 girls in the US were given Kaliya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #353, up from #2,778 for this spelling alone.
Kaliya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 51 | #3,212 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,999 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,157 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 46 | #3,468 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 39 | #3,685 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Kaliya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Kamiyah Aaliyah Zaniya Jaliyah Safiya Aliya Zariya Hadassah Zaliyah Safa Aziyah
Other spellings of Kaliya
Names related to Kaliya
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, “Kaliya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaliya, updated 20 October 2026.