Caya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-a
- Origin
- Greek
Caya is a girls' name of Greek origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Caya come from?
Greek: Dutch short form of Catharina
Is Caya a girl's or a boy's name?
Caya is a girls' name.
How popular is Caya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Caya in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
Names like Caya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Cora, Cassidy, Chloe, Lainey, Mckenna, Brynlee, Brooklyn, Kaitlyn, Callie, Camryn, Sophia
Names related to Caya
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Caya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caya, updated 20 October 2026.