Kaya Girl
How popular is Kaya?
#1,132 girl name in 2025
206 baby girls were named Kaya in the US in 2025, making it the 1132nd most popular girl name. Another 15 boys got the name (#5,859 for boys).
Kaya popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,132 for girls (▼ 165 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 206 girls, 15 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #856 in 2015, #1,055 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (528 girls) |
| Highest rank | #539 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1968 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 5% boys, 95% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kaya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaia family of names ranked #177 for girls in 2025 (#165 the year before), with 1,962 babies in all.
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 Kaya is most popular
Babies named Kaya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 1.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Illinois: 0.3 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (241 girls)
- Washington: 0.3 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (37 girls)
Kaya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 | #6,244 |
| 1970s | 93 | #3,283 |
| 1980s | 191 | #3,301 |
| 1990s | 975 | #1,052 |
| 2000s | 4,473 | #539 |
| 2010s | 3,104 | #722 |
| 2020s | 1,466 | #967 |
Girl names about as popular as Kaya
Questions
- Is Kaya a boy or girl name?
- Kaya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Kaya were girls.
- How popular is the name Kaya?
- 206 baby girls were named Kaya in the US in 2025, making it the 1132nd most popular girl name. Another 15 boys got the name (#5,859 for boys).
- When was Kaya most popular?
- Kaya peaked in 2004, when 528 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #539 in 2003.
- How many people are named Kaya?
- 10,976 babies have been named Kaya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,876 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Kaya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaya was most common in Hawaii, at 1.0 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.