Caia — #2138 US girls' name
1,136 babies named Caia in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Caia was born in this single decade.
89 babies were named Caia in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caia
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,136 babies named Caia between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caia currently holds the #2138 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 89 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 542 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Caia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 131 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Caia in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,136 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Caia at a glance
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Current rank
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Caia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2023)
- 89
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #2138 among girls.
1,136 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 89 births in a single year.
Caia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 542 births that decade — 48% of Caia's all-time total
Caia decade highlights
- Peak decade 542 births
- Runner-up 401 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Caia's strongest decade
542 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Caia by state
Where Caia concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 131 | 11.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 61 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 44 | 3.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 20 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Washington | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 8 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.4% |
131 of 1,136 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.5% of nationwide
- Texas 5.4% of nationwide
- Florida 3.9% of nationwide
- New York 1.8% of nationwide
- Washington 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Caia appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.