Kaleah Girl
How popular is Kaleah?
#1,423 girl name in 2025
152 baby girls were named Kaleah in the US in 2025, making it the 1423rd most popular girl name.
Kaleah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,423 for girls (▲ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 152 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,170 in 2015, #1,412 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (239 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,039 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1978 |
| 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 |
Kaleah 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 Kaleah is most popular
Babies named Kaleah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (75 girls)
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (35 girls)
Kaleah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12 | #8,059 |
| 1980s | 61 | #5,307 |
| 1990s | 247 | #3,144 |
| 2000s | 1,075 | #1,342 |
| 2010s | 2,021 | #1,039 |
| 2020s | 1,023 | #1,211 |
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Questions
- Is Kaleah a boy or girl name?
- Kaleah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kaleah were girls.
- How popular is the name Kaleah?
- 152 baby girls were named Kaleah in the US in 2025, making it the 1423rd most popular girl name.
- When was Kaleah most popular?
- Kaleah peaked in 2013, when 239 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,039 in 2013.
- How many people are named Kaleah?
- 4,439 babies have been named Kaleah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,409 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Kaleah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaleah was most common in Mississippi, at 0.2 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.