Kayna — girls' name
260 babies named Kayna in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
260 girls have been named Kayna since 1978, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2023.
- 260
- total births
- 1978–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Kayna was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Kayna in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kayna
The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Kayna between 1978 and 2023, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kayna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kayna performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kayna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kayna 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 260 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.
Kayna at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kayna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1978
- Peak year (1996)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
260 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 17 births in a single year.
Kayna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 86 births that decade — 33% of Kayna's all-time total
Kayna decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kayna's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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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, 1978–2023 (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.