Given name & surname
Kalia
Kalia is a surname from Punjabi. It is used in English and Hawaiian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kalia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,870
- 0 boys · 5,870 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 229 babies
- 2025
- 229
- #1,064 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 229 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,064 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (34). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,427 as a first name in 2020; 703 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kalia’s family of names
Kalia has a related form in Kaila. In Greek usage, Kalia is a transliteration of Καλία.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kalia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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