Kalea
#1,222 for girls in 2025, 185 births
- Peak · girls
- 2004 · 187 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,646since 1977
Kalea over time
Rank among girls' names. Kalea has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,222 | 185 |
| 2024 | #1,363 | 167 |
| 2023 | #1,415 | 158 |
| 2022 | #1,395 | 164 |
| 2021 | #1,652 | 126 |
| 2020 | #1,398 | 156 |
| 2019 | #1,392 | 161 |
| 2018 | #1,532 | 142 |
| 2017 | #1,422 | 160 |
| 2016 | #1,420 | 163 |
| 2015 | #1,513 | 149 |
| 2014 | #1,493 | 149 |
| 2013 | #1,432 | 158 |
| 2012 | #1,364 | 171 |
| 2011 | #1,354 | 170 |
| 2010 | #1,379 | 168 |
| 2009 | #1,414 | 166 |
| 2008 | #1,339 | 183 |
| 2007 | #1,357 | 178 |
| 2006 | #1,314 | 178 |
| 2005 | #1,319 | 167 |
| 2004 | #1,195 | 187 |
| 2003 | #1,477 | 132 |
| 2002 | #1,632 | 113 |
| 2001 | #1,726 | 104 |
| 2000 | #2,034 | 81 |
| 1999 | #1,999 | 78 |
| 1998 | #2,164 | 66 |
| 1997 | #2,328 | 57 |
| 1996 | #2,282 | 58 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 |
| 1990 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kalea! It came in at #7,567, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1979–1980, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Kalea is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#135 · 1 in 421
- Idaho#381 · 1 in 1,354
- Utah#671 · 1 in 3,174
- Washington#700 · 1 in 3,484
- Wisconsin#755 · 1 in 4,085
Best ever in a state: #31 in Hawaii, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Hawaii | #135 | 8 | 1 in 421 |
| Idaho | #381 | 5 | 1 in 1,354 |
| Utah | #671 | 6 | 1 in 3,174 |
| Washington | #700 | 9 | 1 in 3,484 |
| Wisconsin | #755 | 6 | 1 in 4,085 |
| California | #1,045 | 32 | 1 in 6,821 |
| Georgia | #1,360 | 6 | 1 in 8,454 |
| Illinois | #1,483 | 6 | 1 in 10,540 |
| Florida | #1,778 | 6 | 1 in 13,722 |
| Texas | #1,873 | 11 | 1 in 15,152 |
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See more about Kalea
- 141 spots since 2024 (#1,363 → #1,222)
- 176 spots since 2020 (#1,398 → #1,222)
- 291 spots since 2015 (#1,513 → #1,222)
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2004 at #1,195 (187 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 8,688 girls born in 2025 were named Kalea (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,195 in 2004, was only 1 in 9,820 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 34.2% of all girls named Kalea (1,591) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21 | #6,948 (1978) | #7,842 |
| 1980s | 129 | #4,474 (1987) | #6,033 |
| 1990s | 460 | #1,999 (1999) | #2,916 |
| 2000s | 1,489 | #1,195 (2004) | #1,481 |
| 2010s | 1,591 | #1,354 (2011) | #1,430 |
| 2020s | 956 | #1,222 (2025) | #1,408 |
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.
Kalea in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
More about 2009
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1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 11,067 of them was named Kalea, which outranked 93.0% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,408Emmaline167
- #1,408Joana167
- #1,408Tahlia167
- #1,414Kalea166
- #1,414Alli166
- #1,414Kalani166
- #1,414Lucinda166
- #1,420Adela165
- #1,420Kailani165
- #1,420Kamiya165
Tied with 5 names at #1,414; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.