Girls' name · since 2012

Caiyah

Caiyah has 88 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#28,530 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,723 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
88
born since 2012
2010s
peak decade

88 babies have been named Caiyah since 2012, making it today's #10723 girls' name.

Caiyah has 88 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10723 as of the latest data, more common than 38% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.

  • #28,530 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #10,723 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 88 born since 2012
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caiyah ranks #28,530 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,723 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 88 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.

#28,530 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,723 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
88
born since 2012
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%38%
Caiyah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Caiyah's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Caiyah compares

88 23rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Caiyah's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Caiyah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 88 376 567,345
Peak-year births 10 21 19,840

Caiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Caiyah splits its recorded history at 2019: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Caiyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2015)
10
Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
4681012 2012201420162019202120232025 9

Caiyah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (49 births, 56% of the file).

2010s was Caiyah's strongest decade.

49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.

Caiyah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 49 births (56% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Caiyah?
Caiyah has been given to 88 babies in the U.S. since 2012, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #28,530 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #10,723 of 17,297. 10 babies were born in 2015, its single highest year.
Where does Caiyah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caiyah ranks #28,530 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,723 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Caiyah most popular?
Caiyah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 49 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Caiyah been used?
Caiyah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2012, spanning 14 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Caiyah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Caitlin, Caitlyn, Cailyn, Caitlynn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Caiyah's data

  • Caiyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Caiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Caiyah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.