Kalaya

Origin: Undetermined — Meaning not established

Girl's name · #1837 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Kalaya is climbing: on the charts since 1987, it reached #1837 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 110 girls given the name last year. Roughly 1,600 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#3,738 in Canada (2024).

Famous Kalayas

Kalaya Sophonpanich — Former Minister of Science and Technology

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Kalayah (#1617), Kalaya would rank around #1043 with about 240 births last year — the newborns split about 54/46 between Kalayah and Kalaya.

Similar names: Kalayah · Asiyah · Callahan · Zalaya · Laya · Milaya

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