Kia — #12315 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kia

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,601 babies named Kia between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kia currently holds the #12315 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 344 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,294 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 638 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kia in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kia 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 7,601 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.