Kaija
Girl · KY-ah · Greek
Kaija is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Kaija mean?
Greek: Finnish form of Kaia, a short form of Katherine
A Finnish name related to Kaia and Kaja, short forms of Katherine; the composer Kaija Saariaho bore it.
- Say it
- KY-ah
Is Kaija a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaija is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaija in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Kaija, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Kaija in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaija in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,972 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
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