Kaira — #1255 US girls' name
3,183 babies named Kaira in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Kaira was born in this single decade.
186 babies were named Kaira in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaira
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,183 babies named Kaira between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaira currently holds the #1255 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 186 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaira performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,011 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kaira shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 550 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaira in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaira 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 3,183 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.
Kaira at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2019)
- 186
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #1255 among girls.
3,183 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 186 births in a single year.
Kaira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,011 births that decade — 32% of Kaira's all-time total
Kaira decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,011 births
- Runner-up 819 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kaira's strongest decade
1,011 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Kaira by state
Where Kaira concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 550 | 17.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 228 | 7.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 140 | 4.4% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 109 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 102 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 60 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 50 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 49 | 1.5% |
550 of 3,183 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 17.3% of nationwide
- Texas 7.2% of nationwide
- New York 4.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.4% of nationwide
- Florida 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaira appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1970–2024 (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.