Given name & surname
Kalley
“having great strength”·“a beautiful girl”
Kalley is a variant of Kalman. One French interpretation is “having great strength.” Kalley is a variant of Kallie. One English interpretation is “a beautiful girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kalley is a variant of Kalman. One French interpretation is “having great strength.” Kalley is a variant of Kallie. One English interpretation is “a beautiful girl.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kalley is a variant of Kalman. An origin associated with Kalman is French. Kalley is a variant of Kallie. An origin associated with Kallie is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kalley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 710
- 0 boys · 710 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 64 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,053 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,053 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 64 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 692 as a first name in 2020; 188 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.
Kalley’s family of names
Kalley has a related form in Kallie. Kalley has a related form in Kalman.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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