Kaleah

#1,423 for girls in 2025, 152 births

Peak · girls
2013 · 239 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,439
since 1978

Kaleah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kaleah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #1,039, 2013girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,423152
2024#1,429155
2023#1,287178
2022#1,279187
2021#1,211196
2020#1,412155
2019#1,117218
2018#1,425155
2017#1,364169
2016#1,275190
2015#1,170215
2014#1,215201
2013#1,039239
2012#1,136216
2011#1,123218
2010#1,206200
2009#1,342178
2008#1,508154
2007#1,621137
2006#1,743119
2005#1,767111
2004#1,630119
2003#2,04887
2002#2,19975
2001#2,84451
2000#3,12144
1999#3,18840
1998#3,35336
1997#3,36534
1996#3,14937
1995#3,67029
1994#7,09712
1993#7,03812
1992#5,48417
1991#5,94915
1990#5,83515
1989#12,3625
1988#9,2447
1987#5,31214
1986#6,61210
1985#8,3187
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First appearance
1978

The first year at least five girls were named Kaleah! It came in at #9,750, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1981, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Kaleah is popular in 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedNHWashington: #930 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,054 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,074 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,757 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,077 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,933 girlsMINew York: #1,474 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,339 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedINOhio: #797 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,706 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,211 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,819 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,254 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 8,792 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedNEMissouri: #719 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,907 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #996 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,941 girlsVAMaryland: #760 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,056 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedARTennessee: #872 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,889 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,070 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,421 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #496 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,210 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedMSAlabama: #663 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,152 girlsALGeorgia: #1,052 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,996 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaleah, so not publishedHITexas: #2,257 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 19,953 girlsTXFlorida: #900 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,306 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#496 · 1 in 2,210
  2. Alabama#663 · 1 in 3,152
  3. Missouri#719 · 1 in 3,907
  4. Maryland#760 · 1 in 4,056
  5. Ohio#797 · 1 in 4,706

Best ever in a state: #313 in Louisiana, 2019.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#49681 in 2,210
Alabama#66361 in 3,152
Missouri#71971 in 3,907
Maryland#76061 in 4,056
Ohio#797111 in 4,706
Tennessee#87261 in 4,889
Florida#900151 in 5,306
Washington#93061 in 5,054
Virginia#99661 in 5,941
Georgia#1,05281 in 5,996
North Carolina#1,07071 in 6,421
Illinois#1,07491 in 6,757
Michigan#1,07761 in 6,933
Pennsylvania#1,21161 in 8,819
California#1,254241 in 8,792
New York#1,47491 in 10,339
Texas#2,25781 in 19,953
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kaleah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#1,429#1,423)
  • 11 spots since 2020 (#1,412#1,423)
  • 253 spots since 2015 (#1,170#1,423)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1978
  • Peaked 2013 at #1,039 (239 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,342
  • Highest: 1 in 7,342 girls born in 2013 were named Kaleah (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,574 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 45.5% of all girls named Kaleah (2,021) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s12#8,061 (1979)#8,906
1980s61#5,312 (1987)#7,932
1990s247#3,149 (1996)#4,813
2000s1,075#1,342 (2009)#1,982
2010s2,021#1,039 (2013)#1,207
2020s1,023#1,211 (2021)#1,340

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kaleah in 2010

girls
#1,206
200 births · 1 in 8,888 girls

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #1,206Kaleah200
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 8,888 of them was named Kaleah, which outranked 93.9% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaleah
  1. #1,197Reece202
  2. #1,197Samiya202
  3. #1,205Rebeca201
  4. #1,206Kaleah200
  5. #1,206Amyah200
  6. #1,206Kaidence200
  7. #1,206Kamilah200
  8. #1,218Aanya199
  9. #1,218Remi199
  10. #1,218Shea199

Tied with 11 names at #1,206; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,433Tenley#2,892#459
  2. 2,126Elin#2,852#726
  3. 664Jordynn#1,353#689
  4. 623Kynlee#1,509#886
  5. 513Farrah#1,063#550
Fallers
  1. 502Calleigh#834#1,336
  2. 491Marely#851#1,342
  3. 477Analia#331#808
  4. 417Destiney#900#1,317
  5. 326Dayanara#810#1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2010