Kalaiyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four 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

Kalaiyah by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kalaiyah

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

  • Kaliyah503 in the US (2017)
  • Kalayah13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kamaiyah48 in the US (2017)
  • Kalaiah10 in the US (2017)
  • Kalaiya4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kamiyahperfect or complete; a modern respelling of Kamila245 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kalaiyah

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

Names about as common as Kalaiyah

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