Kaiya
Kaiya was the 994th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 255 babies. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked 651st with 389 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 108 places. More babies were named Kaiya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it KY-uh /ˈkaɪə/
- Rank in 2025
- #994 girls, down 7 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 255girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2002389 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,620babies recorded
What does the name Kaiya mean?
Kaiya is a modern name used in the US since the 1970s; Wiktionary lists it as a female given name without an etymology. It may be a respelling of Kaia, a Scandinavian short form of Katarina, or a blend shaped by names like Maya and Kayla. Name sites give Japanese or Native American meanings, but we found no source documenting them, so we do not give a meaning.
How sure is this? Not documented. Origin undocumented.
Related names: Kaia, Kaya, Kya.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Kaiya', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Kaiya popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 33 since 2001.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #994 | 255 |
| 2020 | #987 | 259 |
| 2010 | #747 | 372 |
| 2000 | #1,193 | 168 |
| 1990 | #3,663 | 29 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kaiya, counting every spelling?
Kaiya is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #839 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #994 for Kaiya on its own. Together these spellings went to 314 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiya | 255 | #994 | 1,509 |
| Kaiyah | 38 | #3,865 | 292 |
| Caiya | 12 | #8,458 | 81 |
| Caiyah | 9 | #10,249 | 33 |
| Kaeya | — | — | 29 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kaiya?
255 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kaiya (0.07 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kaiya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 33 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kaiya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kaiya?
About 8,500 people born in the US named Kaiya are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 8 and 21. That makes Kaiya mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kaiya by state
How common Kaiya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Colorado (2.0×), Washington (1.9×), Arizona (1.8×), Wisconsin (1.7×), Virginia (1.6×). In 18 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kaiya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kaiya, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Kaiya · Sibling names for Kaiya
Questions about the name Kaiya
How popular is the name Kaiya?
Kaiya was the 994th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 255 babies. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked 651st with 389 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 108 places. More babies were named Kaiya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Kaiya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kaiya in the US.
Where is Kaiya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kaiya was most common in Hawaii (1.57 per 1,000 girls), followed by Colorado and Washington.