girls:
257 births since 1987
#5459 (4th percentile)
overall:
257 births since 1987
#7482 (3rd percentile)
The name Kalya is the #7,482 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 257 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 3.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,459 (4.5% percentile) for all time with 257 births since 1987.
Kalya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (first recorded for girls in 1987). Birth data for Kalya is available in 28 out of the 29 years between 1987 and 2015. 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, Kalya reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #809) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2015.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kalya".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kalya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.3% confident that Kalya is pronounced as KAHL-yuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAL-yuh, at 34.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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