Kalea Girl
How popular is Kalea?
#1,222 girl name in 2025
185 baby girls were named Kalea in the US in 2025, making it the 1222nd most popular girl name.
Kalea popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,222 for girls (▲ 141 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 185 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,513 in 2015, #1,398 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (187 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,194 in 2004 |
| First recorded | 1977 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kalea counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaleah family of names ranked #561 for girls in 2025 (#627 the year before), with 509 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaleah | 152 | 30% |
| Kalea | 185 | 36% |
| Kailea | 58 | 11% |
| Caleah | 32 | 6% |
| Kaylea | 13 | 3% |
| Kaileah | 22 | 4% |
| Kayleah | 17 | 3% |
| Kahlea | 12 | 2% |
| Kahleah | 5 | 1% |
| Calea | 13 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kalea is most popular
Babies named Kalea per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 4.6 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Nevada: 0.4 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (181 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Oregon: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Kalea by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21 | #6,946 |
| 1980s | 129 | #4,471 |
| 1990s | 460 | #1,996 |
| 2000s | 1,489 | #1,194 |
| 2010s | 1,591 | #1,354 |
| 2020s | 956 | #1,222 |
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Questions
- Is Kalea a boy or girl name?
- Kalea is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kalea were girls.
- How popular is the name Kalea?
- 185 baby girls were named Kalea in the US in 2025, making it the 1222nd most popular girl name.
- When was Kalea most popular?
- Kalea peaked in 2004, when 187 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,194 in 2004.
- How many people are named Kalea?
- 4,646 babies have been named Kalea in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,609 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Kalea most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kalea was most common in Hawaii, at 4.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.