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

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Peak · girls
2024 · 1,680 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
20,909
since 1955

Kaia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kaia has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1931,618#12,0085
2024#1801,680—
2023#1861,613—
2022#2251,335—
2021#2311,304—
2020#3001,076#10,6056
2019#3151,015—
2018#3121,066#12,1565
2017#330993#9,6967
2016#368886#7,60510
2015#447708—
2014#545567—
2013#603466—
2012#563522—
2011#597480—
2010#547536—
2009#592509#12,4915
2008#665462—
2007#638466—
2006#695408—
2005#690401—
2004#698385#9,9486
2003#619434—
2002#582444#10,6675
2001#891257#6,9359
2000#904242—
1999#1,271146—
1998#1,88381—
1997#2,02370—
1996#2,37255—
1995#2,45652—
1994#3,09837—
1993#2,99039—
1992#3,14436—
1991#2,66045—
1990#3,29733—
1989#3,47729—
1988#3,48327—
1987#4,47418—
1986#3,64523—
1985#4,86015—
1984#3,61322—
1983#4,28617—
1982#3,64722—
1981#4,16218—
1980#3,85320—
1979#3,54122—
1978#3,09825—
1977#3,36622—
1976#3,96316—
1975#3,40420—
1974#4,04115—
1973#4,87111—
1972#3,54317—
1971#5,5439—
1970#5,06110—
1969#5,9747—
1968#6,2466—
1967#4,9828—
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First appearance
1955

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 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #176 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 483 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedNHWashington: #301 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,263 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedIDMontana: #155 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 481 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #220 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 933 girlsMNIllinois: #793 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,344 girlsILWisconsin: #335 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,467 girlsWIMichigan: #654 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,466 girlsMINew York: #1,013 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,203 girlsNYMassachusetts: #605 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,195 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedRIOregon: #254 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,005 girlsORNevada: #306 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,213 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedSDIowa: #434 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,839 girlsIAIndiana: #718 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,790 girlsINOhio: #1,098 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,395 girlsOHPennsylvania: #838 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,291 girlsPANew Jersey: #520 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,659 girlsNJConnecticut: #359 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,526 girlsCTCalifornia: #363 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 1,803 girlsCAUtah: #279 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,135 girlsUTColorado: #327 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,344 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedNEMissouri: #535 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,735 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #811 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,456 girlsVAMaryland: #760 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,056 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedDEArizona: #788 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,947 girlsAZNew Mexico: #420 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,489 girlsNMKansas: #465 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,910 girlsKSArkansas: #462 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,891 girlsARTennessee: #1,004 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,867 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #763 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,086 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #496 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,210 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #688 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,280 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaia, so not publishedGAHawaii: #38 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 179 girlsHITexas: #1,144 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 7,256 girlsTXFlorida: #675 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,790 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#38 · 1 in 179
  2. Montana#155 · 1 in 481
  3. Alaska#176 · 1 in 483
  4. Minnesota#220 · 1 in 933
  5. Oregon#254 · 1 in 1,005

Best ever in a state: #2 in Hawaii, 2024.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#38181 in 179
Montana#15561 in 481
Alaska#17651 in 483
Minnesota#220261 in 933
Oregon#254151 in 1,005
Utah#279161 in 1,135
Washington#301241 in 1,263
Nevada#30691 in 1,213
Colorado#327171 in 1,344
Wisconsin#335161 in 1,467
Connecticut#35981 in 1,526
California#3631171 in 1,803
New Mexico#42051 in 1,489
Iowa#43471 in 1,839
Arkansas#46261 in 1,891
Kansas#46571 in 1,910
South Carolina#49681 in 2,210
New Jersey#520141 in 2,659
Missouri#535101 in 2,735
Massachusetts#60581 in 3,195
Michigan#654121 in 3,466
Florida#675211 in 3,790
Louisiana#68861 in 3,280
Indiana#71881 in 3,790
Maryland#76061 in 4,056
North Carolina#763111 in 4,086
Arizona#78881 in 3,947
Illinois#793141 in 4,344
Virginia#81181 in 4,456
Pennsylvania#838101 in 5,291
Tennessee#1,00451 in 5,867
New York#1,013151 in 6,203
Ohio#1,09871 in 7,395
Texas#1,144221 in 7,256
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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
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
69 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 2024 at #180 (1,680 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 2000–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 964
  • Highest: 1 in 964 girls born in 2024 were named Kaia (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 993 girls born in 2025 (0.10%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 41.3% of all girls named Kaia (8,626) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s20#4,625 (1959)#5,124
1960s44#4,494 (1965)#5,387
1970s167#3,098 (1978)#4,043
1980s211#3,477 (1989)#3,950
1990s594#1,271 (1999)#2,519
2000s4,008#582 (2002)#697
2010s7,239#312 (2018)#463
2020s8,626#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 2010

girls
#547
536 births · 1 in 3,316 girls

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #547Kaia536
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 3,316 of them was named Kaia, which outranked 97.2% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaia
  1. #541Whitney541
  2. #545Laney540
  3. #546Kassandra539
  4. #547Kaia536
  5. #547Marilyn536
  6. #549Aryanna535
  7. #550Clarissa530
  8. #550Farrah530

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2010 →