girls:
4.3k births since 1977
#2618 (54th percentile)
overall:
4.3k births since 1977
#4183 (46th percentile)
The name Kalea is the #4,183 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,293 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 45.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 45.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,618 (54.2% percentile) for all time with 4,293 births since 1977.
Kalea first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (first recorded for girls in 1977).
For girls, Kalea reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 19.4% percentile (ranked #755) with 93 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 93 births per million (ranked 19.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kalea is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #794 (16.2% percentile) with 90 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kalea".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kalea. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.7% confident that Kalea is pronounced as kuh-LEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kah-LAY-uh, at 34.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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