Kailaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kailaya by the numbers

Kailaya was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kailaya

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 Kailaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kalaya56 in the US (2017)
  • Kahlaya10 in the US (2017)
  • Kailana9 in the US (2017)
  • Kailaia3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kailanisea and sky479 in the US (2017)
  • Kailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin294 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kailaya

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

  • Khaliabeloved friend; feminine form of Khalil115 in the US (2017)
  • Callawayfrom the rocky stream or river47 in the US (2017)
  • Kahliathe dark goddess; a modern spelling variant of Kali46 in the US (2017)
  • Caelafair; a form of Caoimhe or Kayla9 in the US (2017)
  • Kaileiasea; variant of Kailea or Kaeleigh7 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleah168 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kailaya

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