Kaiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,100 for girls
Kaiah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,100th for girls in the US (52 babies).
Where does Kaiah come from?
Modern: elaboration of Kaia or Kai
Is Kaiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 52 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaiah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Kaiah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kaiah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 343 girls in the UK were given Kaiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #185, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Kaiah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Kaiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,100among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were named Kaiah, making it the 3,100th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 68 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer girls named Kaiah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kaiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,618 girls in the US were given Kaiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #128, up from #3,100 for this spelling alone.
Kaiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #3,100 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,588 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,558 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,546 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,752 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,927 |
| 2017 | 48 | #3,305 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Nicknames for Kaiah
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kaiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Ayah Zainab Hafsa Aaliyah Ayra Nusaybah Hiba Kaliyah Khadija Ayla Raya
Other spellings of Kaiah
Names related to Kaiah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Kaiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaiah, updated 20 October 2026.