Kiya — #2978 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kiya

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,075 babies named Kiya between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiya currently holds the #2978 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 231 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,775 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kiya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 201 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kiya in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kiya 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 4,075 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.