Kelaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- keh-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Kelaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
Where does Kelaya come from?
Modern: invented name, perhaps blending Kaylee and the -aya ending
Is Kelaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kelaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Kelaya, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Kelaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kelaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
Names like Kelaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rynlee Brynlee Kehlani Khaleesi Oaklynn Ailany Amoura Wrenley Braelynn Lakelynn Daleyza Kaisley
Names related to Kelaya
More Modern names
Jayden Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Mya Ailani Kayson Cataleya
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, “Kelaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelaya, updated 20 October 2026.