Kalijah first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1995. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2001, 20 babies received the name (ranked #4038). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #7104), with roughly 12 babies named Kalijah each year. Kalijah's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 345 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.