Kaiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Kaiyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
Where does Kaiyah come from?
Modern: elaboration of Kaia or Kai
Is Kaiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Kaiyah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kaiyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 343 girls in the UK were given Kaiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #185, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Kaiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
How popular is Kaiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,831among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Kaiyah, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,850th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had fewer girls named Kaiyah than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Kaiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,618 girls in the US were given Kaiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #128, up from #3,831 for this spelling alone.
Kaiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,607 |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,928 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,850 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,809 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,524 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2012 | 50 | #3,266 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,302 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 42 | #3,736 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
Nicknames for Kaiyah
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kaiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Ayah Aaliyah Hafsa Nusaybah Hiba Sumayyah Ruqayyah Rahma Safaa Kaliyah
Other spellings of Kaiyah
Names related to Kaiyah
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, “Kaiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaiyah, updated 20 October 2026.