Girls' name · since 1996

Kieya

Kieya has 47 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

47
total births
1996–2008
years on record
2000s
peak decade
77%
born in that decade

Kieya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 47 have been recorded since 1996.

Kieya has 47 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2008.

  • 47 total births
  • 1996–2008 years on record
  • 2000s peak decade
  • 77% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kieya's 47 recorded births place it above 50% 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.

Kieya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Kieya's full recorded timeline at 2003, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Kieya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2008

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (2005)
12
Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
468101214 1996199720022003200520072008 5

Kieya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2000s was Kieya's strongest decade.

36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.

Kieya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 36 births (77% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kieya?
Since 1996, Social Security records show 47 babies named Kieya. The most recent recorded year was 2008. Its busiest year on record was 2005, with 12 births.
When was Kieya most popular?
Kieya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 36 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Kieya been used?
Records for Kieya go back to 1996, giving 13 years of history through 2008.
What names are similar to Kieya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kiera, Kierra, Kiersten, Kierstin, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 1996–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Kieya: Baby Name Since 1996 - 47 Births, Peak 2005." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kieya. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Kieya 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 July 2026.