Kaja
Girl · KY-a · Scandinavian
Kaja is a girls' name of Scandinavian origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Kaja mean?
Scandinavian: Scandinavian pet form of Katarina; also a Polish and Slovene name
Used in Scandinavia as a pet form of Katarina, and in Poland and Slovenia as an independent name.
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- KY-a
Is Kaja a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Kaja, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 730th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 69 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Kaja than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Kaja in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 343 girls in the UK were given Kaja or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #185, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Kaja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,451 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 48 | #825 |
| 2020 | 55 | #730 |
| 2019 | 63 | #669 |
| 2018 | 69 | #644 |
| 2017 | 65 | #687 |
| 2016 | 59 | #746 |
| 2015 | 49 | #844 |
| 2014 | 56 | #754 |
| 2013 | 59 | #739 |
| 2012 | 54 | #785 |
| 2011 | 49 | #810 |
| 2010 | 45 | #853 |
| 2009 | 35 | #996 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,390 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Kaja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Kaja, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the girls named Kaja in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,618 girls in the US were given Kaja or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #128, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Kaja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
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