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Kalaya

Girl

Meaning of Kalaya: Thai: 'virtuous woman'

Kalaya is a girl's name most strongly associated with Thai naming. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1785th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 3015th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1785

109 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#3015

8 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,559

First recorded 1987 · peak 2025

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 6 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 5 babies19901991: 6 babies1992: 10 babies1993: 6 babies1994: 11 babies1995: 14 babies1996: 6 babies1997: 12 babies1998: 8 babies1999: 15 babies2000: 26 babies20002001: 31 babies2002: 33 babies2003: 36 babies2004: 37 babies2005: 29 babies2006: 43 babies2007: 57 babies2008: 61 babies2009: 38 babies2010: 41 babies20102011: 53 babies2012: 61 babies2013: 66 babies2014: 60 babies2015: 51 babies2016: 58 babies2017: 57 babies2018: 54 babies2019: 70 babies2020: 87 babies20202021: 80 babies2022: 64 babies2023: 70 babies2024: 88 babies2025: 109 babies
US babies named Kalaya per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 109.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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