Kaia — #180 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kaia

The Social Security Administration has registered 19,280 babies named Kaia between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaia currently holds the #180 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,675 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 7,236 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kaia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,506 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaia in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaia 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 19,280 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.