Recorded 2019–2023 Girls' name Peak 2019 18 births

Kaiva — girls' name

18 babies named Kaiva in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s82020s10
2020s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Kaiva was born in this single decade.

2019
Single peak year

8 babies were named Kaiva in 2019 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kaiva

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Kaiva between 2019 and 2023, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaiva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaiva performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kaiva shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaiva 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 18 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.

Kaiva at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

18

Since 2019

5 years of records

Peak year

2019

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2019

Recorded for 5 years

Last year on file: 2023

Kaiva popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2019

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2019)
8
Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
456789 202320202019 8

Kaiva by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
10 births that decade — 56% of Kaiva's all-time total
2010s82020s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kaiva?
18 babies have been named Kaiva since 2019. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2019 with 8 births.
When was Kaiva most popular?
Kaiva was most popular in the 2020s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
How long has the name Kaiva been used?
Kaiva has been recorded in Social Security data since 2019, spanning 5 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Kaiva?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kaitlyn, Kaitlin, Kailey, Kaia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2019–2023 (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.