girl's name

Kaiya

  • Origin Japanese
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 10,600

the United States

#992

2025 births

Kaiya is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 255 babies in the United States, ranking #992. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Kaiya is a name of Japanese origin.
  • Peaked in 2002, when 404 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 13,001 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1974.

Kaiya over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

3,221
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Kaiya by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 26
1980s 83
1990s 495
2000s 3,221
2010s 3,027
2020s (to 2025) 1,768

How popular is Kaiya?

In 2025, Kaiya was given to 255 babies in the United States, ranking #992 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Kaiya is used

Northern Ireland #489 3 in 2017
Ireland #582 6 in 2024
Canada #653 44 in 2024
Scotland #840 3 in 2022
United States #992 255 in 2025
England & Wales #1,427 22 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Kaiya

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kaiya also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kaiya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kaiya

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kaiya — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kaiya

How popular is the name Kaiya?

In 2025, Kaiya was given to 255 babies in the United States, ranking #992 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Kaiya a girl's or a boy's name?

Kaiya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Kaiya most popular?

Kaiya peaked in 2002, when 404 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Kaiya a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kaiya currently ranks #653 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.