NameTides

Kaia

Kaia was the #193 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,618 babies), and #265 in England & Wales and #96 in Canada.

Kaia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Kaia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandNorthern IrelandUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Kaia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#193 (1,618)#265 (173)#242 (15)#191 (9)#130 (36)#96 (262)#70 (101)#96 (67)
2024#180 (1,680)#283 (159)#244 (15)#161 (12)#181 (25)#97 (251)#75 (96)#98 (60)
2023#186 (1,613)#288 (154)#281 (13)#178 (10)#190 (24)#112 (224)#92 (75)#93 (58)
2022#225 (1,335)#320 (137)#324 (10)#218 (8)#137 (39)#134 (197)——
2021#231 (1,304)#363 (127)#442 (7)—#184 (26)#154 (185)——
2020#300 (1,076)#436 (97)#293 (12)#228 (7)#211 (21)#167 (164)——
2019#315 (1,015)#513 (79)#765 (3)—#296 (15)#236 (131)——
2018#312 (1,066)#503 (85)#502 (6)#238 (7)#267 (17)#214 (142)——
2017#330 (993)#589 (72)#501 (6)#296 (5)#430 (9)#231 (133)——
2016#368 (886)#567 (74)#502 (6)—#419 (10)#357 (97)——
2015#447 (708)#794 (48)#566 (5)#426 (3)#362 (13)#356 (95)——
2014#545 (567)#1,005 (36)#681 (4)—#876 (3)#444 (74)——
2013#603 (466)#1,018 (35)—#370 (4)#747 (4)#537 (56)——
2012#563 (522)#1,210 (27)#665 (4)—#677 (5)#441 (72)——
2011#597 (480)#1,015 (34)#674 (4)#444 (3)#798 (4)#373 (87)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #180.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1955.

How common is it?

about 1 in 990 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 990common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 810common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 590common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 570common

Next year

On its recent trend, Kaia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 870 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 760 to 1 in 1,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kaia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #310WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #174NHWashington: #80WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: #168MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #180MNIllinois: #179ILMichigan: #268MINew York: #114NYMassachusetts: #164MAOregon: #144ORNevada: #133NVWyoming: #79WYSouth Dakota: #160SDIowa: #226IAIndiana: #292INOhio: #258OHPennsylvania: #259PANew Jersey: #138NJConnecticut: #175CTRhode Island: #120RICalifornia: #79CAUtah: #239UTColorado: #172CONebraska: #267NEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #298VAMaryland: #225MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #183AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #349TNNorth Carolina: #311NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #398OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #402GAHawaii: #7HITexas: #346TXFlorida: #135FL
Kaia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93108
Quebec2025#38513

Kaia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KaiaCanadaGirls#96262
KaiaEngland & WalesGirls#265173
KaiaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KaiaIrelandGirls#13036
KaiaNorthern IrelandGirls#1919
KaiaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KaiaNSWGirls#70101
KaiaScotlandGirls#24215
KaiaUSGirls#1931,618
KaiaUSBoys#12,0085
KaiaVICGirls#9667