Kyah
- #2,859 for girls in 2025, 59 births
- Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
- Given to girls 99.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2002 · 165 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,114since 1978
Kyah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kyah has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | #2,859 | 59 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,282 | 81 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,062 | 94 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,490 | 72 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,608 | 66 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,924 | 99 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,724 | 120 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,762 | 116 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,744 | 121 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,644 | 132 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,919 | 105 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,967 | 101 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,083 | 92 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,651 | 129 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,886 | 106 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,010 | 99 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,901 | 110 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,854 | 115 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,570 | 144 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,691 | 124 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,741 | 113 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,498 | 134 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #1,561 | 123 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #1,218 | 165 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,411 | 134 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #2,122 | 76 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,782 | 49 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,116 | 40 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,820 | 43 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,704 | 29 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
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| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five girls were named Kyah! It came in at #8,562, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1979–1988, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kyah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kyah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kyah
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 935 spots since 2020 (#1,924 → #2,859)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2002 at #1,218 (165 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 19 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 10,890
- Highest: 1 in 10,890 girls born in 2002 were named Kyah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 27,242 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 39.8% of all girls named Kyah (1,238) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #8,562 (1978) | #8,562 |
| 1980s | 13 | #6,160 (1989) | #6,160 |
| 1990s | 265 | #2,782 (1999) | #4,811 |
| 2000s | 1,238 | #1,218 (2002) | #1,657 |
| 2010s | 1,121 | #1,644 (2016) | #1,839 |
| 2020s | 471 | #1,924 (2020) | #2,371 |
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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