Kajsa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAI-sah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Kajsa is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Kajsa come from?
Greek: Swedish pet form of Karin or Katarina (Catherine)
Is Kajsa a girl's or a boy's name?
Kajsa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kajsa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Kajsa, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Kajsa in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kajsa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Names like Kajsa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kira, Dakota, Sasha, Yuna, Hana, Rivka, Layla, Mika, Keyla, Yara, Kiara, Ayla
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, “Kajsa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kajsa, updated 20 October 2026.