Kaiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,324 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #992 for girls
Kaiya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies) and 992nd for girls in the US (255 babies).
Where does Kaiya come from?
Modern: variant of Kaia or Kaya
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kaiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the UK and 255 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Kaiya, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,180th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 64 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kaiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 343 girls in the UK were given Kaiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #185, up from #1,324 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,407th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Kaiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,324 |
| 2024 | 35 | #1,046 |
| 2023 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,363 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,138 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,180 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 53 | #793 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,248 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 34 | #1,108 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,418 |
| 2013 | 33 | #1,142 |
| 2012 | 44 | #919 |
| 2011 | 48 | #826 |
| 2010 | 64 | #658 |
| 2009 | 36 | #976 |
| 2008 | 40 | #890 |
| 2007 | 28 | #1,117 |
| 2006 | 43 | #787 |
| 2005 | 37 | #825 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 27 | #965 |
| 2002 | 34 | #803 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Kaiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #992among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 255about 1 in 6,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 255 girls in the US were named Kaiya, making it the 992nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 984th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 389 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had fewer girls named Kaiya than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Kaiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,618 girls in the US were given Kaiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #128, up from #992 for this spelling alone.
Kaiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 255 | #992 |
| 2024 | 314 | #860 |
| 2023 | 353 | #798 |
| 2022 | 308 | #902 |
| 2021 | 279 | #945 |
| 2020 | 259 | #984 |
| 2019 | 259 | #997 |
| 2018 | 290 | #923 |
| 2017 | 277 | #952 |
| 2016 | 290 | #944 |
| 2015 | 312 | #884 |
| 2014 | 290 | #929 |
| 2013 | 261 | #964 |
| 2012 | 335 | #801 |
| 2011 | 341 | #794 |
| 2010 | 372 | #747 |
| 2009 | 358 | #792 |
| 2008 | 379 | #774 |
| 2007 | 353 | #813 |
| 2006 | 312 | #856 |
| 2005 | 346 | #767 |
| 2004 | 282 | #870 |
| 2003 | 306 | #807 |
| 2002 | 389 | #650 |
| 2001 | 295 | #799 |
| 2000 | 168 | #1,186 |
| 1999 | 108 | #1,558 |
| 1998 | 85 | #1,816 |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,067 |
| 1996 | 54 | #2,395 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Kaiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Hafsa Khadija Aaliyah Hiba Ayah Raya Amira Summer Maya Rahma
Other spellings of Kaiya
Names related to Kaiya
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, “Kaiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaiya, updated 20 October 2026.