Kaliyah

#392 for girls in 2025, 791 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 791 births
Debut · girls
33 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,946
since 1994

Kaliyah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kaliyah has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008girlsat peak
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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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2025#392791
2024#442705
2023#508596
2022#602498
2021#557550
2020#564522
2019#555548
2018#534589
2017#592506
2016#601501
2015#543576
2014#548565
2013#516577
2012#537562
2011#539538
2010#571511
2009#599503
2008#628491
2007#691421
2006#753365
2005#837303
2004#732361#11,3565
2003#771321
2002#780301
2001#920244
2000#1,602110
1999#2,15370
1998#2,08370
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First appearance
1994

The first year at least five girls were named Kaliyah! It came in at #3,372, and was given to 33 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 34 girls a year got the name.

Where Kaliyah is popular in 2008

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedNHWashington: #697 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,572 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #467 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,365 girlsILWisconsin: #657 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,579 girlsWIMichigan: #658 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,705 girlsMINew York: #813 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,777 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedORNevada: #572 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,433 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedIAIndiana: #420 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,032 girlsINOhio: #800 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,126 girlsOHPennsylvania: #848 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,534 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,172 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,857 girlsNJConnecticut: #514 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,602 girlsCTCalifornia: #783 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 4,680 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedNEMissouri: #732 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,205 girlsMOKentucky: #499 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,529 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #374 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,791 girlsVAMaryland: #619 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,159 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,209 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,299 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedNMKansas: #514 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,305 girlsKSArkansas: #337 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,358 girlsARTennessee: #400 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,894 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #427 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,003 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #266 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,129 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #652 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,907 girlsOKLouisiana: #363 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,556 girlsLAMississippi: #180 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 693 girlsMSAlabama: #201 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 839 girlsALGeorgia: #343 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,651 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaliyah, so not publishedHITexas: #728 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 4,091 girlsTXFlorida: #505 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 2,690 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#180 · 1 in 693
  2. Alabama#201 · 1 in 839
  3. South Carolina#266 · 1 in 1,129
  4. Arkansas#337 · 1 in 1,358
  5. Georgia#343 · 1 in 1,651

Best ever in a state: #112 in Alaska, 2023.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#180181 in 693
Alabama#201251 in 839
South Carolina#266171 in 1,129
Arkansas#33791 in 1,358
Georgia#343321 in 1,651
Louisiana#363131 in 1,556
Virginia#374211 in 1,791
Tennessee#400171 in 1,894
Indiana#420161 in 2,032
North Carolina#427241 in 2,003
Illinois#467281 in 2,365
Kentucky#49981 in 2,529
Florida#505321 in 2,690
Connecticut#51451 in 2,602
Kansas#51461 in 2,305
Nevada#57251 in 2,433
Maryland#61981 in 3,159
Oklahoma#65261 in 2,907
Wisconsin#65771 in 3,579
Michigan#658121 in 3,705
Washington#69791 in 3,572
Texas#728411 in 4,091
Missouri#73271 in 4,205
California#783491 in 4,680
Ohio#800111 in 5,126
New York#813201 in 4,777
Pennsylvania#848101 in 5,534
New Jersey#1,17251 in 7,857
Arizona#1,20951 in 7,299
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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 Kaliyah
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 50 spots since 2024 (#442#392)
  • 172 spots since 2020 (#564#392)
  • 151 spots since 2015 (#543#392)
  • Biggest jump: 682 spots in 2001 (#1,602#920)
  • Biggest drop: 105 spots in 2005 (#732#837)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1994
  • Peaked 2025 at #392 (791 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 2001–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,032
  • Highest: 1 in 2,032 girls born in 2025 were named Kaliyah (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 42.3% of all girls named Kaliyah (5,473) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s391#1,504 (1997)#2,305
2000s3,420#599 (2009)#831
2010s5,473#516 (2013)#554
2020s3,662#392 (2025)#511

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.

Kaliyah in 2008

girls
#628
491 births · 1 in 3,851 girls

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #628Kaliyah491
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 3,851 of them was named Kaliyah, which outranked 96.9% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaliyah
  1. #623Jessie493
  2. #626Elisa492
  3. #626Lilyana492
  4. #628Kaliyah491
  5. #628Marlene491
  6. #628Tara491
  7. #631Kailee490
  8. #632Carley489
  9. #632Noemi489

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. 9,375Dayami#10,129#754
  2. 4,524Allisson#4,944#420
  3. 1,019Alisson#1,804#785
  4. 851Milagros#1,579#728
  5. 807Mareli#1,530#723
Fallers
  1. 391Kelis#968#1,359
  2. 390Joselin#755#1,145
  3. 378Tyra#947#1,325
  4. 363Montana#932#1,295
  5. 337Allyssa#988#1,325

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

See the top 100 for 2008