Girls' name · since 1994
Kayah
512 babies named Kayah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,667 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,648 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 512
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kayah currently ranks #5648 among girls' names in America, with 512 babies recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayah has been recorded 512 times among girls since 1994, currently ranked #5648 nationally and more common than 67% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #11,667 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,648 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 512 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayah ranks #11,667 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,648 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 512 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,667 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,648 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 512
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kayah's 512 recorded births place it above 83.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kayah compares
512 Top 45% higher than 55% 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
Kayah's all-time total is 36% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 512 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kayah splits its recorded history at 2011: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Kayah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (201 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Kayah's strongest decade.
201 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Kayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
186 births
- 2010s
2010s
201 births
- 2020s
2020s
96 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 201 births (39% of all-time use).
How Kayah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kayah's total volume
Kayah by state
Where Kayah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 512 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kayah's data
- Kayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (201 total births) through the 2020s (96) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Kayahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Kayah 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.