How Many People Are Named Calah?
An estimated 523 people in the United States have the first name Calah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Calah peaked in popularity in 2000 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Calah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Calah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
523
About 1 in 655,362 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
2000
25 births
Total Registered
537
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Calah
Calah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 537 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Calah as a female name
Ranked #7,286 in 2024
15 female births in 2024
Peak: 2000 (25 births)
Calah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Calah span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 196 babies were registered. Calah has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Calah by Decade
How has Calah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Calah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Calah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Calah
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Calah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Calah?
We estimate approximately 523 people named Calah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 655,362 Americans share this first name.
Is Calah a common name?
Calah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 537 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Calah most popular?
Calah reached peak popularity in 2000, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Calah is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Calah a female name?
Calah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Calah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Calah Smith, Calah Johnson, Calah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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