NameTides

Kaiya

Kaiya was the #992 girls' name in the US in 2025 (255 babies), and #1,407 in England & Wales and #966 in Canada.

Kaiya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kaiya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Kaiya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#992 (255)#1,407 (22)#780 (3)——#966 (28)
2024#860 (314)#1,007 (35)——#556 (6)#694 (42)
2023#798 (353)#962 (36)——#445 (8)#773 (36)
2022#902 (308)#1,416 (22)#760 (3)—#502 (7)#710 (39)
2021#945 (279)#1,102 (31)——#517 (7)#859 (33)
2020#984 (259)#1,238 (26)#636 (4)—#700 (4)#787 (36)
2019#997 (259)#1,497 (20)#765 (3)—#716 (4)#757 (38)
2018#923 (290)#778 (49)#680 (4)—#568 (6)#703 (41)
2017#952 (277)#1,411 (23)#808 (3)#432 (3)#524 (7)#836 (33)
2016#944 (290)#1,472 (22)#798 (3)—#515 (7)#740 (39)
2015#884 (312)#1,057 (33)——#532 (7)#627 (47)
2014#929 (290)#1,341 (24)——#876 (3)#825 (33)
2013#964 (261)#1,148 (30)#816 (3)—#660 (5)#993 (26)
2012#801 (335)#975 (37)#815 (3)#383 (4)#677 (5)#542 (55)
2011#794 (341)#830 (44)#674 (4)—#798 (4)#608 (47)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #798.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,300 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 6,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kaiya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,200 to 1 in 7,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kaiya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: #743OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #731CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth 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: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,154TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Kaiya (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#61620

Kaiya (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
KaiyaCanadaGirls#96628
KaiyaEngland & WalesGirls#1,40722
KaiyaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KaiyaIrelandGirls—too few
KaiyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KaiyaScotlandGirls#7803
KaiyaUSGirls#992255
KaiyaUSBoys—too few