Kiah

#3,517 for girls in 2025, 43 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to girls 92.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
2002 · 149 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,313
since 1971

Kiah over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #1,308, 2002peak #3,231, 1943girlsboys
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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#3,51743
2024#2,93056#10,9386
2023#3,58543#8,2559
2022#3,53644#12,3305
2021#3,80139#9,7147
2020#3,22148
2019#2,78460#12,1455
2018#2,58467
2017#2,87358
2016#2,96656#12,1855
2015#2,81062#6,32413
2014#2,92258
2013#3,00555
2012#2,54871
2011#2,63867#12,2875
2010#2,58970#10,7666
2009#2,82662#8,9858
2008#2,55773#11,0376
2007#2,25786#8,9158
2006#2,00399#10,6626
2005#1,855104#7,09610
2004#1,769108#8,9277
2003#1,802104#9,5816
2002#1,308149#5,39513
2001#1,331144#4,67616
2000#1,491123
1999#1,654100
1998#1,587103
1997#1,368125#4,96012
1996#1,72287#5,53510
1995#1,514103
1994#1,60894#6,3728
1993#1,419114#7,6386
1992#1,486106#5,6609
1991#1,314126
1990#1,468106#4,16713
1989#1,85171#6,2297
1988#2,59741#6,4266
1987#2,91533
1986#2,84533#6,7215
1985#4,63516
1984#6,29110
1983#6,7059#4,1419
1982#5,53412#6,3855
1981#8,1287#6,2625
1980#9,0956
1979#4,62615
1978#6,3859#4,5547
1977#8,4446
1976#6,0489
1975#7,9846
1974#7,6806#5,2275
1973#7,4356#4,5056
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Kiah! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1971–1972, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Kiah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 587 spots since 2024 (#2,930#3,517)
  • 296 spots since 2020 (#3,221#3,517)
  • 707 spots since 2015 (#2,810#3,517)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2002 at #1,308 (149 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,060
  • Highest: 1 in 12,060 girls born in 2002 were named Kiah (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 37,378 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 32.1% of all girls named Kiah (1,064) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1971
  • Mostly boys until 1970, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s62#4,626 (1979)#7,116
1980s238#1,851 (1989)#5,060
1990s1,064#1,314 (1991)#1,514
2000s1,052#1,308 (2002)#1,920
2010s624#2,548 (2012)#2,772
2020s273#2,930 (2024)#3,432

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.

Kiah in 2002

girls
#1,308
149 births · 1 in 12,060 girls
boys
#5,395
13 births · 1 in 149,347 boys

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #1,308Kiah149

Top boys' names in 2002

  1. #1Jacob30,586
  2. #2Michael28,258
  3. #3Joshua25,998
  4. #4Matthew25,154
  5. #5Ethan22,113
  6. #6Andrew22,037
  7. #7Joseph21,920
  8. #8Christopher21,689
  9. #9Nicholas21,390
  10. #10Daniel21,352
  11. #5,395Kiah13
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 12,060 of them was named Kiah, which outranked 92.8% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiah
  1. #1,303Kinsley150
  2. #1,303Phoenix150
  3. #1,303Stefany150
  4. #1,308Kiah149
  5. #1,308Angeles149
  6. #1,308Bayleigh149
  7. #1,308Connie149
  8. #1,318Adilene148
  9. #1,318Jayleen148
  10. #1,318Kaylan148

Tied with 9 names at #1,308; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. 1,168Cadence#2,126#958
  2. 949Lisbeth#1,573#624
  3. 710Ashanti#825#115
  4. 464Elle#1,076#612
  5. 412Nyla#865#453
Fallers
  1. 1,141Citlalli#609#1,750
  2. 748Nallely#772#1,520
  3. 617Dafne#967#1,584
  4. 582Beyonce#700#1,282
  5. 540Mikaila#928#1,468

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

boys

1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 149,347 of them was named Kiah, which outranked 56.8% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiah
  1. #5,131Zakee14
  2. #5,131Zian14
  3. #5,131Zyler14
  4. #5,395Kiah13
  5. #5,395Aaden13
  6. #5,395Aaric13
  7. #5,395Abdalla13
  8. #5,725Aahil12
  9. #5,725Abdalrahman12
  10. #5,725Abdurahman12

Tied with 329 names at #5,395; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. 10,021Omarion#10,556#535
  2. 3,583Amarion#4,302#719
  3. 3,370Yahir#3,974#604
  4. 1,466Gael#2,185#719
  5. 1,287Lisandro#2,185#898
Fallers
  1. 546Daunte#968#1,514
  2. 405Imanol#921#1,326
  3. 376Shemar#594#970
  4. 347Jade#958#1,305
  5. 311Jalon#873#1,184

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

See the top 100 for 2002