Kaina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-na
- Origin
- Modern
Kaina is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kaina come from?
Modern: uncertain; perhaps Kai with -na
Is Kaina a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaina is a girls' name.
How popular is Kaina in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Kaina in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 57 | #2,311 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Nicknames for Kaina
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kaina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keyla Noa Kaylani Kiana Layla Kalea Kianna Kiara Kailani Kaylee Kalani Jayla
Names related to Kaina
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Kaina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaina, updated 20 October 2026.