Ka
- Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179
- Last seen for boys in 2005 at #8,299
- Given to girls 85.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 65 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 781since 1962
Ka over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | — | |
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| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #3,087 | 37 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,627 | 47 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,676 | 45 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #2,548 | 49 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #2,484 | 50 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #2,053 | 65 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #2,250 | 53 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #2,803 | 37 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #2,512 | 39 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #2,677 | 34 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #2,398 | 39 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1962
The first year at least five girls were named Ka! It came in at #6,578, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1962–1976, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ka is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Ka in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ka
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1990 at #2,053 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 29,208
- Highest: 1 in 29,208 girls born in 1990 were named Ka (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,042 girls born in 2004 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 48.0% of all girls named Ka (375) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2005
- Mostly girls until 2004, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,578 (1962) | #6,578 |
| 1970s | 22 | #6,696 (1979) | #7,596 |
| 1980s | 344 | #2,250 (1989) | #2,929 |
| 1990s | 375 | #2,053 (1990) | #3,558 |
| 2000s | 35 | #8,534 (2000) | #10,765 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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