Girls' name · since 1955
Kaia
20,909 babies named Kaia in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,037 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #193 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,909
- born since 1955
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaia currently ranks #193 among girls' names in America, with 20,909 babies recorded since 1955.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaia has been recorded 20,909 times among girls since 1955, currently ranked #193 nationally and more common than 99% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2025.
- #1,037 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #193 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 20,909 born since 1955
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaia ranks #1,037 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #193 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 20,909 born since 1955, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,037 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #193 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,909
- born since 1955
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaia's 20,909 recorded births place it above 98.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kaia compares
20,909 Top 6% higher than 94% of 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
Kaia's all-time total is 56x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20,909 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,680 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kaia's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 97% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 3%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1955, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 1,680, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kaia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 1,680
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Kaia popularity over time - boys
58 total births recorded since 2001 (Kaia as boys' name)
Kaia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (8,626 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Kaia's strongest decade.
8,626 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kaia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
- 1960s 44
1960s
44 births
- 1970s 167
1970s
167 births
- 1980s 211
1980s
211 births
- 1990s 594
1990s
594 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,008 births
- 2010s
2010s
7,239 births
- 2020s
2020s
8,626 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 8,626 births (41% of all-time use).
How Kaia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kaia's total volume
Kaia by state
Where Kaia concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,866 | 18.5% |
| #2 | Florida | | 1,393 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,275 | 6.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,178 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Washington | | 809 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 650 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 647 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 567 | 2.7% |
3,866 of 20,909 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Kaia appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Kaias (3,866 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Kaia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~70 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, 1955–2025 (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 Kaia 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.