Kaiya — #857 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kaiya

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,330 babies named Kaiya between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaiya currently holds the #857 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 389 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaiya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kaiya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,136 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaiya in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaiya 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 8,330 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.