Kaina — #15789 US girls' name
243 babies named Kaina in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Kaina was born in this single decade.
57 babies were named Kaina in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaina
The Social Security Administration has registered 243 babies named Kaina between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaina currently holds the #15789 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 57 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaina performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kaina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaina in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaina 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 243 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.
Kaina at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (1996)
- 57
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #15789 among girls.
243 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 57 births in a single year.
Kaina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 122 births that decade — 50% of Kaina's all-time total
Kaina decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kaina's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Kaina by state
Where Kaina concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 28 | 11.5% |
| #2 | California | | 17 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 2.1% |
28 of 243 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 11.5% of nationwide
- California 7.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.1% of nationwide
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 11.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1981–2024 (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.