Kaliyah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 503 babies a year in the US.
How Kaliyah has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #543 |
| 2016 | #602 |
| 2017 | #592 |
| 2018 | #535 |
| 2019 | #555 |
| 2020 | #563 |
| 2021 | #558 |
| 2022 | #604 |
| 2023 | #507 |
| 2024 | #443 |
| 2025 | #392 |
Kaliyah by the numbers
In 2025, 53 babies in England and Wales were named Kaliyah. In the US, 503 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 576 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Kaliyah
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 Kaliyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kaliyah
Names that are said the same way as Kaliyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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