Kaisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-sah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Kaisa is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Kaisa mean?
Greek: Finnish and Estonian form of Katherine
A Finnish and Estonian short form of Katariina (Katherine), a name of uncertain origin long linked with Greek katharos 'pure'.
Is Kaisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Kaisa, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Kaisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Names like Kaisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zaira Amira Salma Ayla Kira Samira Khadija Aaliyah Hafsa Zainab Summer
Names related to Kaisa
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Kaisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaisa, updated 20 October 2026.