Ka peaked in the US in 1990 at #2,053, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Ka as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Canada
2020
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#5,493 (3)
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2012
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#3,681 (6)
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2009
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#4,564 (4)
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2007
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#5,201 (3)
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2006
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#5,061 (3)
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#2,972 (5)
2005
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#3,970 (4)
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2004
#14,179 (6)
#3,197 (5)
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#1,572 (11)
2003
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#4,373 (3)
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#2,693 (5)
2002
#10,246 (9)
#2,868 (5)
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2001
#10,102 (9)
#2,783 (5)
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#2,032 (7)
2000
#8,534 (11)
#2,746 (5)
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#1,976 (7)
1999
#5,424 (19)
#2,770 (5)
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#1,158 (15)
1998
#4,955 (21)
#1,823 (9)
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#1,097 (16)
1997
#5,417 (18)
#3,174 (4)
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#1,369 (12)
1996
#4,306 (24)
#1,755 (9)
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#1,125 (16)
Ka as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Canada
2012
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#3,416 (5)
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2010
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#4,678 (3)
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2009
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#4,527 (3)
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2008
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#2,507 (7)
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2007
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#2,211 (8)
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2005
#8,299 (8)
#2,418 (6)
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2004
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#1,732 (9)
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2003
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#3,467 (3)
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2002
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#3,225 (3)
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2001
#8,339 (7)
#1,467 (9)
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#2,004 (5)
2000
#8,209 (7)
#1,241 (11)
#429 (3)
#1,304 (9)
1999
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#410 (3)
#1,406 (8)
1998
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#1,485 (8)
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#956 (14)
1997
#8,110 (6)
#1,174 (11)
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#1,205 (10)
1996
#5,982 (9)
#1,040 (13)
#326 (5)
#672 (25)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1990 at #2,053.
First recorded in the US in 1962.
In 2001, 56% of US babies named Ka were girls.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.