Girls' name · since 1970
Kajsa
Kajsa has 406 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,292 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 406
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kajsa is the #15292 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 406 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kajsa has been recorded 406 times among girls since 1970, currently ranked #15292 nationally and more common than 12% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #13,395 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,292 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 406 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kajsa ranks #13,395 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,292 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 406 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,292 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 406
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kajsa's 406 recorded births place it above 81.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kajsa compares
406 Top 49% higher than 51% 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
Kajsa's all-time total is 8% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kajsa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 406 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kajsa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kajsa splits its recorded history at 2000: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kajsa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Kajsa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (119 births, 29% of the file).
2000s was Kajsa's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Kajsa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
57 births
- 1990s
1990s
96 births
- 2000s
2000s
119 births
- 2010s
2010s
88 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 119 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Kajsa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (119 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kajsa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Kajsa 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.