Calah
- #6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 556since 1981
Calah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Calah has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,116 | 19 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
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First appearance
1981
The first year at least five girls were named Calah! It came in at #9,110, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2017–2021, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Calah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Calah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,135 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #6,116)
- 8,972 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #6,116)
- 10,303 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #6,116)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 1994 at #4,238 (24 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 72,641
- Highest: 1 in 72,641 girls born in 2000 were named Calah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,238 in 1994, was only 1 in 74,406 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 35.3% of all girls named Calah (196) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 82 | #5,321 (1988) | #7,727 |
| 1990s | 196 | #4,238 (1994) | #5,123 |
| 2000s | 144 | #4,649 (2000) | #8,459 |
| 2010s | 59 | #9,723 (2011) | #13,272 |
| 2020s | 75 | #6,116 (2025) | #9,656 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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