Kaleah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 168 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
168
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kaleah by the numbers

Kaleah was given to 168 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 239 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kaleah

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

  • Kaleathe bright, cheerful one159 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleeahstrong or wreath; variant of Kaleah or Kalea7 in the US (2017)
  • Kaliah100 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleyah5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kyleah26 in the US (2017)
  • Kayleah20 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kaleah

Names that are said the same way as Kaleah, 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)
  • Kalia162 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kaleah

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