Kaliyah

“Variant of Kaliya — modern name in the Aaliyah/Kalia sound family” — Modern coinage origin

Girl's name · #392 in the US (2025) · Trending

Kaliyah is climbing: on the charts since 1994, it reached #392 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 790 girls given the name last year. Roughly 13,000 have carried it all-time. In Mississippi it runs about 5× its national rate. Together with its spelling variants Kalia (#1064), Calia (#1335), and Kaliah (#1723), Kaliyah would rank around #240 with about 1,300 births last year — the newborns split about 60/18/13/9 across Kaliyah, Kalia, Calia, and Kaliah.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,800 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 4,500 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 4,800 girls in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Similar names: Cali · Zyrielle · Chaya · Azalea · Wrenlee · Jaliyah

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