Girls' name · since 1987
Kadia
Kadia has 165 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,776 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,530 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 165
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
165 babies have been named Kadia since 1987, making it today's #15530 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Kadia recorded 165 times among girls since 1987, holding rank #15530 nationally today, ahead of 10% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #21,776 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,530 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 165 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kadia ranks #21,776 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,530 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 165 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,776 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,530 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 165
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kadia's 165 recorded births place it above 69.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kadia compares
165 33rd 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
Kadia's all-time total is 56% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kadia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 165 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kadia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kadia's full recorded timeline at 2004, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kadia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Kadia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (54 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Kadia's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Kadia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 54 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kadia's data
- Kadia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 13 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kadia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Kadia 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.