Feminine dossier · first seen 1994

Caliyah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Caliyah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2017

Peak rank proxy

106

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1994Peak 20172024

Peak year

2017

Decline from peak

24.5%

2024

All-time

1,941

Caliyah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2017, when 106 girls were named Caliyah.

In 2024, only 80 girls were given the name.

Down 24.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,941 Americans have been named Caliyah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1994.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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