Kalya

Peak · girls
1989 · 17 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
265
since 1987

Kalya over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kalya has never cracked the top 5,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19801990200020102020peak #5,049, 1989girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2024#11,1228
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2015#14,4826
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2013#16,5475
2012#16,8695
2011#14,8246
2010#16,9925
2009#13,7047
2008#12,5798
2007#8,52014
2006#13,6067
2005#10,12810
2004#9,26411
2003#7,99813
2002#13,5956
2001#10,1029
2000#9,16310
1999#10,3458
1998#12,4266
1997#6,48314
1996#9,5818
1995#7,51411
1994#7,60411
1993#8,7199
1992#7,51211
1991#7,98710
1990#9,2478
1989#5,04917
1988#7,11110
1987#5,92312
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First appearance
1987

The first year at least five girls were named Kalya! It came in at #5,923, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2012–2014, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kalya is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Kalya in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kalya
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1987
  • Peaked 1989 at #5,049 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 1 yr 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 108,444
  • Highest: 1 in 108,444 girls born in 1989 were named Kalya (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 202,524 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 36.2% of all girls named Kalya (96) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s39#5,049 (1989)#6,028
1990s96#6,483 (1997)#8,742
2000s95#7,998 (2003)#10,866
2010s27#14,482 (2015)#15,943
2020s8#11,122 (2024)#11,122

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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