Caira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-ra
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Caira is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Caira come from?
Spelling of Kaira; used in South Asian families; also a spelling of Keira
Meaning borrowed from Kaira.
Is Caira a girl's or a boy's name?
Caira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 114% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Caira, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Caira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 91 girls in the UK were given Caira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #479, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Caira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Caira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Caira, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had fewer girls named Caira than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Caira in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 166 girls in the US were given Caira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,200, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
Caira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Caira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Kiara Caoimhe Cassidy Eden Brianna Caragh Sienna Caitlin Clodagh Teagan Cliodhna
Other spellings of Caira
Names related to Caira
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caira, updated 20 October 2026.