Recorded 1976–2014 Girls' name Peak 1990 274 births

Kacia — girls' name

274 babies named Kacia in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s211980s601990s952000s782010s20
1990s
Peak decade

35% of everyone ever named Kacia was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

17 babies were named Kacia in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kacia

The Social Security Administration has registered 274 babies named Kacia between 1976 and 2014, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kacia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kacia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kacia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kacia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kacia 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 274 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.

Kacia at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

274

Since 1976

39 years of records

Peak year

1990

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1976

Recorded for 39 years

Last year on file: 2014

Kacia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1976

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (1990)
17
Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
05101520 201420092004200019951991198719791976 5

Kacia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
95 births that decade — 35% of Kacia's all-time total
1970s211980s601990s952000s782010s20

Kacia by state

Where Kacia concentrates geographically — total births since 1976

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kacia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 1.8%
California share of Kacia's total US births 1.8%

5 of 274 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kacia?
274 babies have been named Kacia since 1976. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 1990 with 17 births.
When was Kacia most popular?
Kacia was most popular in the 1990s decade with 95 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
Where is Kacia most popular?
The top states for the name Kacia are California (5 births).
How long has the name Kacia been used?
Kacia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1976, spanning 39 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Kacia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kacie, Kacey, Kaci, Kacy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1976–2014 (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.