Kya
- #1,235 for girls in 2025, 182 births
- Last seen for boys in 2001 at #5,390
- Given to girls 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2004 · 381 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,372since 1970
Kya over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kya has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,235 | 182 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,083 | 229 | — | |
| 2023 | #818 | 340 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,295 | 182 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,506 | 140 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,373 | 158 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,585 | 134 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,520 | 143 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,340 | 173 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,209 | 205 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,434 | 161 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,314 | 180 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,336 | 175 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,243 | 195 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,244 | 192 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,095 | 227 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,218 | 204 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,108 | 233 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,000 | 266 | — | |
| 2006 | #932 | 282 | — | |
| 2005 | #885 | 285 | — | |
| 2004 | #706 | 381 | — | |
| 2003 | #822 | 299 | — | |
| 2002 | #894 | 251 | — | |
| 2001 | #843 | 271 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #1,245 | 157 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,548 | 109 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,066 | 71 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,556 | 50 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,714 | 45 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,244 | 59 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,688 | 88 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,830 | 42 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,097 | 36 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,523 | 30 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
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| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
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| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five girls were named Kya! It came in at #6,362, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1972, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kya is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Kentucky#570 · 1 in 2,464
- New Jersey#774 · 1 in 3,944
- Missouri#811 · 1 in 4,050
- Colorado#907 · 1 in 4,665
- Ohio#959 · 1 in 5,252
Best ever in a state: #149 in South Dakota, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #570 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
| New Jersey | #774 | 9 | 1 in 3,944 |
| Missouri | #811 | 6 | 1 in 4,050 |
| Colorado | #907 | 5 | 1 in 4,665 |
| Ohio | #959 | 9 | 1 in 5,252 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,015 | 8 | 1 in 5,836 |
| North Carolina | #1,057 | 8 | 1 in 5,810 |
| Texas | #1,117 | 24 | 1 in 6,689 |
| Michigan | #1,210 | 5 | 1 in 7,146 |
| Florida | #1,325 | 10 | 1 in 8,676 |
| California | #1,491 | 15 | 1 in 10,782 |
| Georgia | #1,533 | 5 | 1 in 9,042 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 152 spots since 2024 (#1,083 → #1,235)
- 138 spots since 2020 (#1,373 → #1,235)
- Biggest jump: 477 spots in 2023
- Biggest drop: 265 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2004 at #706 (381 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2001–2007
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,719
- Highest: 1 in 4,719 girls born in 2023 were named Kya (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,831 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #706 in 2004, was only 1 in 4,820 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 41.3% of all girls named Kya (2,629) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 53 | #5,191 (1973) | #6,777 |
| 1980s | 105 | #3,673 (1989) | #6,373 |
| 1990s | 569 | #1,548 (1999) | #2,526 |
| 2000s | 2,629 | #706 (2004) | #965 |
| 2010s | 1,785 | #1,095 (2010) | #1,332 |
| 2020s | 1,231 | #818 (2023) | #1,218 |
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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