Kaiya

#992 for girls in 2025, 255 births · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #10,151
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
2002 · 389 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,587
since 1974

Kaiya over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kaiya has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #650, 2002girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#992255—
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2021#945279—
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2019#997259—
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2016#944290—
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2012#801335—
2011#794341—
2010#747372—
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2008#774379—
2007#813353—
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2005#767346#10,1516
2004#870282—
2003#807306—
2002#650389#4,91915
2001#799295#5,66712
2000#1,188168—
1999#1,560108—
1998#1,81985—
1997#2,07068—
1996#2,39854—
1995#3,28534—
1994#3,61530—
1993#3,10837—
1992#4,68621—
1991#3,63329—
1990#3,62329—
1989#3,89325—
1988#9,2447—
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First appearance
1974

The first year at least five girls were named Kaiya! It came in at #7,680, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1976, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Kaiya is popular in 2005

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedNHWashington: #475 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,258 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #609 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,716 girlsMNIllinois: #835 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,166 girlsILWisconsin: #444 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,277 girlsWIMichigan: #601 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,643 girlsMINew York: #1,064 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,314 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedRIOregon: #436 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,987 girlsORNevada: #365 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,449 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedSDIowa: #462 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,279 girlsIAIndiana: #818 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,418 girlsINOhio: #476 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,728 girlsOHPennsylvania: #916 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,857 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #834 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 5,359 girlsCAUtah: #600 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,066 girlsUTColorado: #473 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,248 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedWVVirginia: #706 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,123 girlsVAMaryland: #356 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,651 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedDEArizona: #806 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,441 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedARTennessee: #762 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,439 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,022 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,485 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #468 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,187 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedALGeorgia: #949 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,710 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaiya, so not publishedHITexas: #1,101 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 7,648 girlsTXFlorida: #753 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,762 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#356 · 1 in 1,651
  2. Nevada#365 · 1 in 1,449
  3. Oregon#436 · 1 in 1,987
  4. Wisconsin#444 · 1 in 2,277
  5. Iowa#462 · 1 in 2,279

Best ever in a state: #78 in Hawaii, 2023.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#356151 in 1,651
Nevada#36581 in 1,449
Oregon#43681 in 1,987
Wisconsin#444111 in 2,277
Iowa#46261 in 2,279
Louisiana#46891 in 2,187
Colorado#473111 in 2,248
Washington#475131 in 2,258
Ohio#476211 in 2,728
Utah#60061 in 3,066
Michigan#601131 in 3,643
Minnesota#60971 in 3,716
Virginia#70691 in 4,123
Florida#753181 in 4,762
Tennessee#76271 in 4,439
Arizona#80681 in 4,441
Indiana#81861 in 5,418
California#834431 in 5,359
Illinois#835131 in 5,166
Pennsylvania#91681 in 6,857
Georgia#94991 in 5,710
North Carolina#1,02271 in 6,485
New York#1,064131 in 7,314
Texas#1,101211 in 7,648
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kaiya
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 132 spots since 2024 (#860 → #992)
  • 8 spots since 2020 (#984 → #992)
  • 108 spots since 2015 (#884 → #992)
  • Biggest jump: 389 spots in 2001 (#1,188 → #799)
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 2013 (#801 → #964)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1974
  • Peaked 2002 at #650 (389 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 2001–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,546
  • Highest: 1 in 4,546 girls born in 2023 were named Kaiya (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,303 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #650 in 2002, was only 1 in 4,619 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 37.1% of all girls named Kaiya (3,188) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s26#7,173 (1975)#7,840
1980s83#3,893 (1989)#7,399
1990s495#1,560 (1999)#2,980
2000s3,188#650 (2002)#832
2010s3,027#747 (2010)#894
2020s1,768#798 (2023)#914

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.

Kaiya in 2005

girls
#767
346 births · 1 in 5,341 girls
boys
#10,151
6 births · 1 in 332,884 boys

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #767Kaiya346

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #10,151Kaiya6
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 5,341 of them was named Kaiya, which outranked 96.0% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaiya
  1. #763Shea348
  2. #765Miah347
  3. #765Rowan347
  4. #767Kaiya346
  5. #767Aliza346
  6. #769Amiya345
  7. #769Shyanne345
  8. #771Xiomara344

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 332,884 of them was named Kaiya, which outranked 24.1% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaiya
  1. #9,115Zyhir7
  2. #9,115Zylan7
  3. #9,115Zyshawn7
  4. #10,151Kaiya6
  5. #10,151Aadam6
  6. #10,151Aadhav6
  7. #10,151Abanoub6
  8. #11,472Aadesh5
  9. #11,472Aadin5
  10. #11,472Aahan5

Tied with 1,320 names at #10,151; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,722Talan#4,264 → #542
  2. ↑ 1,048Carmine#1,934 → #886
  3. ↑ 727Leland#1,335 → #608
  4. ↑ 528Amare#1,159 → #631
  5. ↑ 525Braylen#1,359 → #834
Fallers
  1. ↓ 817Madison#857 → #1,674
  2. ↓ 783Andon#865 → #1,648
  3. ↓ 406Kanye#486 → #892
  4. ↓ 379Jakobe#846 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 359Koda#930 → #1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2005 →