Kelaya
Kalayeh is a village in Rahmatabad Rural District, Rahmatabad and Blukat District, Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 189, distributed among 56 families.
Meaning & Origin of Kelaya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kalayeh is a village in Rahmatabad Rural District, Rahmatabad and Blukat District, Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 189, distributed among 56 families.
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The Story of Kelaya
Kelaya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2002, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 22 Kelayas were born — ranking #5,635 that year. As of 2026, Kelaya ranks #8,142 for baby girls with 12 births, gradually falling (-13%). In total, more than 159 Kelayas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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About the name Kelaya
Kelaya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 159 births in the dataset. Kelaya's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #5,635. Use the chart and map above to compare Kelaya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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