Kiaya — #15875 US girls' name
852 babies named Kiaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Kiaya was born in this single decade.
62 babies were named Kiaya in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kiaya
The Social Security Administration has registered 852 babies named Kiaya between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiaya currently holds the #15875 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 62 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiaya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 362 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kiaya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kiaya in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kiaya 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 852 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.
Kiaya at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kiaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2002)
- 62
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #15875 among girls.
852 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 62 births in a single year.
Kiaya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 362 births that decade — 42% of Kiaya's all-time total
Kiaya decade highlights
- Peak decade 362 births
- Runner-up 243 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kiaya's strongest decade
362 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Kiaya by state
Where Kiaya concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 1.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
12 of 852 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.4% of nationwide
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
- Florida 0.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1988–2024 (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.