girls:
988 births since 1993
#4728 (17th percentile)
overall:
988 births since 1993
#6751 (13th percentile)
The name Kaliya is the #6,751 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 988 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 12.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,728 (17.3% percentile) for all time with 988 births since 1993.
Kaliya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (first recorded for girls in 1993). Birth data for Kaliya is available in 30 out of the 31 years between 1993 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Kaliya reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 5.4% percentile (ranked #907) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.4% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Kaliya ranks #917 for girls (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 71.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaliya".
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Our model has identified 10 different pronunciations for the name Kaliya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 22.5% confident that Kaliya is pronounced as kah-LEE-yuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-LEE-yuh, at 20.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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