Kia Girl
How popular is Kia?
#8,360 girl name in 2025
12 baby girls were named Kia in the US in 2025, making it the 8360th most popular girl name.
Kia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #8,360 for girls (▲ 3796 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 12 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #7,610 in 2015, #6,625 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (344 girls) |
| Highest rank | #634 in 1983 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 19% boys, 81% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kya family of names ranked #810 for girls in 2025 (#719 the year before), with 296 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 Kia is most popular
Babies named Kia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Kia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 25 | #3,103 |
| 1960s | 329 | #1,453 |
| 1970s | 1,770 | #670 |
| 1980s | 2,254 | #634 |
| 1990s | 2,294 | #647 |
| 2000s | 660 | #1,400 |
| 2010s | 209 | #4,567 |
| 2020s | 72 | #5,790 |
Girl names about as popular as Kia
Questions
- Is Kia a boy or girl name?
- Kia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 81% of babies named Kia were girls.
- How popular is the name Kia?
- 12 baby girls were named Kia in the US in 2025, making it the 8360th most popular girl name.
- When was Kia most popular?
- Kia peaked in 1993, when 344 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #634 in 1983.
- How many people are named Kia?
- 7,809 babies have been named Kia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,568 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 39.
- Where is Kia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kia was most common in Texas, at 0.0 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.