Kaiya Girl
How popular is Kaiya?
#992 girl name in 2025
255 baby girls were named Kaiya in the US in 2025, making it the 992nd most popular girl name.
Kaiya popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #992 for girls (▼ 132 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 255 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #884 in 2015, #984 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2002 (389 girls) |
| Highest rank | #650 in 2002 |
| First recorded | 1974 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kaiya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaiya family of names ranked #789 for girls in 2025 (#667 the year before), with 314 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaiya | 255 | 81% |
| Kaiyah | 38 | 12% |
| Caiya | 12 | 4% |
| Caiyah | 9 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kaiya is most popular
Babies named Kaiya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 1.6 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Colorado: 0.4 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Washington: 0.4 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.3 per 1,000 (33 girls)
Kaiya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 26 | #7,171 |
| 1980s | 83 | #3,887 |
| 1990s | 495 | #1,558 |
| 2000s | 3,188 | #650 |
| 2010s | 3,027 | #747 |
| 2020s | 1,768 | #798 |
Girl names about as popular as Kaiya
Questions
- Is Kaiya a boy or girl name?
- Kaiya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kaiya were girls.
- How popular is the name Kaiya?
- 255 baby girls were named Kaiya in the US in 2025, making it the 992nd most popular girl name.
- When was Kaiya most popular?
- Kaiya peaked in 2002, when 389 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #650 in 2002.
- How many people are named Kaiya?
- 8,620 babies have been named Kaiya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,556 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Kaiya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaiya was most common in Hawaii, at 1.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.