Girls' name · since 1992
Caya
192 babies named Caya in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 192
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 192 have been recorded since 1992.
Social Security Administration records show Caya recorded 192 times among girls since 1992, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2024.
- #20,229 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 192 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caya ranks #20,229 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 192 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 192
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caya's 192 recorded births place it above 71.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Caya splits its recorded history at 2007: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Caya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2024
- Peak year (2004)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Caya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (94 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Caya's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Caya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
94 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 94 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Caya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Caya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~32 yrs)
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, 1992–2024 (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 Caya 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.