girl's name
Kelaya
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 154
Kelaya is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2022, when 22 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 236,855 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 2002.
Kelaya over time
Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 9 |
| 2010s | 45 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 95 |
How popular is Kelaya?
In 2025, Kelaya was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Kelaya is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Kelaya is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Kélaya | Kélaya is Kelaya written with an acute accent, used in France, where it ranks #5,707. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Kelaya
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Kelaya also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kelaya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Kelaya
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kelaya — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Kelaya
How popular is the name Kelaya?
In 2025, Kelaya was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Kelaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelaya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Kelaya most popular?
Kelaya peaked in 2022, when 22 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Kelaya a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kelaya currently ranks #7,610 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.