Kaaliyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kaaliyah by the numbers

Kaaliyah was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 27 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kaaliyah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kaaliyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Khaliyahbeloved friend; feminine form of Khalil67 in the US (2017)
  • Kaliyah503 in the US (2017)
  • Kahliyah7 in the US (2017)
  • Karliyah6 in the US (2017)
  • Kamiyahperfect or complete; a modern respelling of Kamila245 in the US (2017)
  • Kalilahfriend; beloved; a form of Khalilah8 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Kaaliyah

Names that are said the same way as Kaaliyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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