Caya — #14042 US girls' name
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.
More common than 20% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Caya was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Caya in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caya
The Social Security Administration has registered 192 babies named Caya between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caya currently holds the #14042 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Caya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caya 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 192 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.
Caya at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Caya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2004)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #14042 among girls.
192 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 18 births in a single year.
Caya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 94 births that decade — 49% of Caya's all-time total
Caya decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Caya's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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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, 1992–2024 (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.