Kaia
#193 for girls in 2025, 1,618 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 1,680 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,909since 1955
Kaia over time
Rank among girls' names. Kaia has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #193 | 1,618 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #180 | 1,680 | — | |
| 2023 | #186 | 1,613 | — | |
| 2022 | #225 | 1,335 | — | |
| 2021 | #231 | 1,304 | — | |
| 2020 | #300 | 1,076 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #315 | 1,015 | — | |
| 2018 | #312 | 1,066 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #330 | 993 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #368 | 886 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #447 | 708 | — | |
| 2014 | #545 | 567 | — | |
| 2013 | #603 | 466 | — | |
| 2012 | #563 | 522 | — | |
| 2011 | #597 | 480 | — | |
| 2010 | #547 | 536 | — | |
| 2009 | #592 | 509 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #665 | 462 | — | |
| 2007 | #638 | 466 | — | |
| 2006 | #695 | 408 | — | |
| 2005 | #690 | 401 | — | |
| 2004 | #698 | 385 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #619 | 434 | — | |
| 2002 | #582 | 444 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #891 | 257 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #904 | 242 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,271 | 146 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,883 | 81 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,023 | 70 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,372 | 55 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,456 | 52 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,660 | 45 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,297 | 33 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
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| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
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| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
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| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kaia! It came in at #5,828, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1955–1956, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kaia is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#120 · 1 in 374
- Rhode Island#159 · 1 in 512
- North Dakota#166 · 1 in 526
- Minnesota#199 · 1 in 855
- Colorado#256 · 1 in 1,084
Best ever in a state: #2 in Hawaii, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #120 | 9 | 1 in 374 |
| Rhode Island | #159 | 6 | 1 in 512 |
| North Dakota | #166 | 5 | 1 in 526 |
| Minnesota | #199 | 29 | 1 in 855 |
| Colorado | #256 | 22 | 1 in 1,084 |
| Idaho | #265 | 7 | 1 in 967 |
| Wisconsin | #299 | 19 | 1 in 1,290 |
| Oregon | #334 | 12 | 1 in 1,303 |
| Massachusetts | #356 | 16 | 1 in 1,640 |
| Utah | #370 | 12 | 1 in 1,587 |
| Iowa | #399 | 8 | 1 in 1,653 |
| Nevada | #407 | 7 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Connecticut | #443 | 6 | 1 in 2,103 |
| California | #461 | 91 | 1 in 2,399 |
| Indiana | #499 | 13 | 1 in 2,438 |
| Washington | #525 | 13 | 1 in 2,412 |
| Virginia | #577 | 13 | 1 in 2,823 |
| North Carolina | #578 | 16 | 1 in 2,901 |
| Ohio | #597 | 17 | 1 in 3,203 |
| Arizona | #607 | 12 | 1 in 2,793 |
| Kansas | #608 | 5 | 1 in 2,752 |
| Florida | #620 | 25 | 1 in 3,293 |
| Michigan | #625 | 12 | 1 in 3,562 |
| Tennessee | #659 | 9 | 1 in 3,391 |
| Maryland | #765 | 6 | 1 in 4,120 |
| New York | #770 | 22 | 1 in 4,308 |
| Illinois | #800 | 14 | 1 in 4,517 |
| Louisiana | #836 | 5 | 1 in 4,131 |
| Pennsylvania | #843 | 10 | 1 in 5,463 |
| Missouri | #949 | 5 | 1 in 5,602 |
| Georgia | #1,016 | 9 | 1 in 5,636 |
| Texas | #1,250 | 20 | 1 in 8,333 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kaia
- 13 spots since 2024 (#180 → #193)
- 107 spots since 2020 (#300 → #193)
- 254 spots since 2015 (#447 → #193)
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 2000 (#1,271 → #904)
- Biggest drop: 79 spots in 2004 (#619 → #698)
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 2024 at #180 (1,680 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 2000–2025
- Highest: 1 in 964 girls born in 2024 were named Kaia (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 993 girls born in 2025 (0.10%)
- 41.3% of all girls named Kaia (8,626) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 20 | #4,625 (1959) | #5,124 |
| 1960s | 44 | #4,494 (1965) | #5,387 |
| 1970s | 167 | #3,098 (1978) | #4,043 |
| 1980s | 211 | #3,477 (1989) | #3,950 |
| 1990s | 594 | #1,271 (1999) | #2,519 |
| 2000s | 4,008 | #582 (2002) | #697 |
| 2010s | 7,239 | #312 (2018) | #463 |
| 2020s | 8,626 | #180 (2024) | #219 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kaia in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 3,609 of them was named Kaia, which outranked 97.1% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 396,715 of them was named Kaia, which outranked 14.1% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,049 names at #12,491; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.