Girls' name · since 1983
Kayia
Kayia has 128 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,407 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kayia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 128 recorded since 1983.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayia has been recorded 128 times among girls since 1983, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1983 to 2014.
- #24,407 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 128 born since 1983
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayia ranks #24,407 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 128 born since 1983, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,407 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kayia's 128 recorded births place it above 66.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kayia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kayia's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kayia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2014
- Peak year (1990)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Kayia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (59 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Kayia's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Kayia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 59 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Kayia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2010s -- 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 Kayia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
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, 1983–2014 (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 Kayia 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.