Kelaiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- keh-LY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Kelaiah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Kelaiah mean?
Modern: modern elaboration of Kayla; also a rare biblical name
Kelaiah appears in the Book of Ezra as a Levite, though modern use for girls probably follows Kayla and Makayla.
Is Kelaiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelaiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kelaiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Kelaiah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Kelaiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kelaiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Kelaiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Kennedy, Teagan, Braelynn, Nevaeh, Cassidy, Brylee, Kinley, Kiara, Mckenna, Keiry, Kianna
Names related to Kelaiah
Kaliyah, Kaleah, Kaliah, Kaleia, Kalilah, Kailah, Khaliah, Keilah
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, “Kelaiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelaiah, updated 20 October 2026.