Kelijah comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Island of the faithful warrior.".
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How popular is Kelijah?
2018peak year
The name Kelijah reached its peak in 2018, with 13 registrations (ranked #6536). It had only entered records 19 years earlier, in 1999. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #8711) today, averaging about 9 new babies per year. Kelijah's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 175 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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