NameTides

Kaira

Kaira was the #1,423 girls' name in the US in 2025 (152 babies), and #483 in England & Wales and #723 in Canada.

Kaira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kaira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaIrelandUS
Kaira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,423 (152)#483 (82)—#718 (4)#723 (41)
2024#1,259 (185)#558 (70)—#898 (3)#694 (42)
2023#1,319 (172)#558 (69)——#622 (46)
2022#1,468 (150)#630 (60)#380 (8)#502 (7)#859 (31)
2021#1,327 (169)#667 (58)——#898 (31)
2020#1,494 (143)#840 (43)——#728 (39)
2019#1,251 (186)#703 (55)——#1,032 (25)
2018#1,425 (155)#1,013 (35)——#928 (29)
2017#1,515 (146)#715 (57)#666 (4)—#881 (31)
2016#1,929 (104)#1,172 (29)——#1,600 (14)
2015#2,113 (91)#845 (44)——#2,891 (6)
2014#2,304 (80)#1,040 (34)——#2,905 (6)
2013#2,568 (69)#1,220 (28)#506 (6)—#2,204 (9)
2012#2,832 (61)#1,583 (19)——#2,338 (8)
2011#2,838 (61)#1,096 (31)#579 (5)—#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,259.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kaira is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,900 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kaira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,053CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,314TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Kaira (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#54223

Kaira (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
KairaCanadaGirls#72341
KairaEngland & WalesGirls#48382
KairaIrelandGirls#7184
KairaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KairaScotlandGirls—too few
KairaUSGirls#1,423152