Fun Facts About the Name Kaleia
- More than 1 thousand babies named Kaleia: U.S. records list 1,129 babies given the name Kaleia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kaleia Mean?
Kaleia is an English-language feminine name usually treated as a respelling of either Hawaiian Kalea or Greek-derived Kalia. Hawaiian Kalea combines ka, "the," with leʻa, "joy" or "pleasure," and is commonly translated "joy" or "happiness." Greek Kalia is linked with kallos, "beauty," and is often glossed "beauty." The spelling Kaleia is not the standard form in either tradition, so it does not have one settled etymology. Its meaning is therefore given as "joy" in Hawaiian-derived use and "beauty" in Greek-derived use; the two should not be merged into a single origin.
Kaleia Name History & Origins
Kaleia belongs to modern English naming rather than to an ancient Hawaiian or Greek record. Its history is mainly the history of the names it resembles. Hawaiian Kalea is formed from ka plus leʻa and means "joy" or "happiness." The similar Hawaiian Kalei is ka plus lei, "lei" or "garland," and is a different name. Greek Kalia is associated with kallos ("beauty") and with longer names such as Kalliope and Kallisto; it also appears independently in Hawaiian use, so similar spelling does not prove a shared source. The English -eia ending seen in Kaleia also occurs in names like Leia, but the exact route by which Kaleia entered English is not firmly documented.
How Popular is the Name Kaleia?
Kaleia has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #1,990 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,010 | 95 | 0.0059% |
| 2024 | #2,031 | 96 | 0.0060% |
| 2023 | #1,990 | 99 | 0.0062% |
| 2022 | #2,500 | 72 | 0.0044% |
| 2021 | #2,657 | 65 | 0.0040% |
| 2020 | #2,583 | 66 | 0.0041% |
| 2019 | #3,063 | 53 | 0.0032% |
| 2018 | #2,856 | 59 | 0.0035% |
| 2017 | #4,256 | 34 | 0.0020% |
| 2016 | #4,475 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2015 | #3,631 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 2014 | #4,051 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2013 | #3,880 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2012 | #5,032 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #4,622 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2010 | #6,055 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2009 | #4,865 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2008 | #3,742 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2007 | #6,200 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2006 | #5,019 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2005 | #8,094 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #6,089 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #6,436 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2002 | #7,231 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2001 | #12,701 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #12,429 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #13,464 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #13,206 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #8,023 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #7,828 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #11,057 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #14,279 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #7,605 | 8 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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