Girls' name · since 1977

Kayonna

571 babies named Kayonna in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#10,885 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,180 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
571
born since 1977
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Kayonna is the #6180 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 571 recorded since 1977.

Social Security Administration records show Kayonna recorded 571 times among girls since 1977, holding rank #6180 nationally today, ahead of 64% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.

  • #10,885 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #6,180 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 571 born since 1977
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayonna ranks #10,885 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,180 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 571 born since 1977, peaking in the 2000s.

#10,885 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,180 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
571
born since 1977
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%64.2%
Kayonna vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Kayonna's 571 recorded births place it above 84.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Kayonna compares

571 Top 43% higher than 57% 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

Kayonna's all-time total is 52% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kayonna Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 571 376 567,345
Peak-year births 27 21 19,840

Kayonna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Kayonna's SSA record in two at 2007 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 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Kayonna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2008)
27
Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
051015202530 197719931998200320082013201820232025 19

Kayonna by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (220 births, 39% of the file).

2000s was Kayonna's strongest decade.

220 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.

Kayonna births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 220 births (39% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Kayonna 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 Kayonna's total volume

Kayonna vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -105, 9.1%-61, 5.1%-75, 5.8%-51, 5.3%-26, 8.4%-13, 14%-33, 7.7%-29, 10.5%-23, 8.2%-18, 9.8%-29, 9.6%-27, 7.9%-28, 7.2%-22, 11.2%-146, 3.3%Kayonna-49, 4.7%Kayonna
Kayonna vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kayonna?
Kayonna has been given to 571 babies in the U.S. since 1977, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #10,885 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #6,180 of 17,297. 27 babies were born in 2008, its single highest year.
Where does Kayonna sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayonna ranks #10,885 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,180 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kayonna most popular?
Kayonna was most popular in the 2000s decade with 220 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Kayonna been used?
Kayonna has been recorded in Social Security data since 1977, spanning 49 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Kayonna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kayla, Kaylee, Kay, Kayleigh, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kayonna's data

  • Kayonna's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (220 total births) through the 2020s (81) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Kayonna

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kayonna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1977–2025 (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 Kayonna 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.