Kaija
- #7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 48 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,028since 1967
Kaija over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kaija has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 |
| 2016 | #4,250 | 34 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 |
| 2009 | #5,097 | 28 |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 |
| 2007 | #3,786 | 42 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 |
| 2004 | #4,707 | 28 |
| 2003 | #3,805 | 36 |
| 2002 | #2,976 | 49 |
| 2001 | #2,963 | 48 |
| 2000 | #3,983 | 31 |
| 1999 | #3,895 | 30 |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 |
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| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
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| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
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| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
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| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
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First appearance
1967
The first year at least five girls were named Kaija! It came in at #6,804, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1967–1972, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kaija is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kaija in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,097 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #7,491)
- 1,408 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #7,491)
- 514 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #7,491)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 2001 at #2,963 (48 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 10 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 36,671
- Highest: 1 in 36,671 girls born in 2002 were named Kaija (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,963 in 2001, was only 1 in 37,513 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 34.6% of all girls named Kaija (356) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,804 (1967) | #6,804 |
| 1970s | 44 | #5,580 (1973) | #7,105 |
| 1980s | 77 | #5,545 (1989) | #7,921 |
| 1990s | 234 | #3,222 (1998) | #4,717 |
| 2000s | 356 | #2,963 (2001) | #4,113 |
| 2010s | 210 | #4,250 (2016) | #6,300 |
| 2020s | 102 | #4,873 (2023) | #6,975 |
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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