Girls' name · since 1997
Kriya
Kriya has 138 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,762 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 138
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kriya currently ranks #15762 among girls' names in America, with 138 babies recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kriya has been recorded 138 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #15762 nationally and more common than 9% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #23,650 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,762 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 138 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kriya ranks #23,650 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,762 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 138 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,762 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 138
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kriya's 138 recorded births place it above 67.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kriya compares
138 30th percentile among 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
Kriya's all-time total is 63% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kriya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 138 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kriya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kriya's full recorded timeline at 2013, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kriya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Kriya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (80 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Kriya's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Kriya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
80 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 80 births (58% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kriya's data
- Kriya's decade-level peak was the 2010s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kriya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
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, 1997–2025 (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 Kriya 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.