Kiya
Girl · KEE-ya
Kiya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,933rd for girls in the US (57 babies).
What does Kiya mean?
Several sources; also an ancient Egyptian name
Kiya was a wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten in the 14th century BC.
- Say it
- KEE-ya
Is Kiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 57 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Kiya, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 45 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Kiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 38 | #997 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 32 | #1,062 |
| 2008 | 45 | #825 |
| 2007 | 29 | #1,082 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 41 | #769 |
| 2004 | 33 | #882 |
| 2003 | 35 | #823 |
| 2002 | 30 | #867 |
| 2001 | 38 | #722 |
| 2000 | 19 | #1,137 |
| 1999 | 21 | #1,065 |
| 1998 | 20 | #1,123 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Kiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,933among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were named Kiya, making it the 2,933rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,441st. Its busiest year was 2002, with 231 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Kiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,933 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,604 |
| 2021 | 72 | #2,460 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,441 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,084 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,334 |
| 2017 | 88 | #2,160 |
| 2016 | 89 | #2,168 |
| 2015 | 89 | #2,138 |
| 2014 | 113 | #1,804 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,939 |
| 2012 | 124 | #1,690 |
| 2011 | 131 | #1,639 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,658 |
| 2009 | 126 | #1,733 |
| 2008 | 164 | #1,437 |
| 2007 | 172 | #1,392 |
| 2006 | 167 | #1,371 |
| 2005 | 164 | #1,333 |
| 2004 | 199 | #1,143 |
| 2003 | 201 | #1,093 |
| 2002 | 231 | #959 |
| 2001 | 211 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 140 | #1,342 |
| 1999 | 106 | #1,578 |
| 1998 | 92 | #1,719 |
| 1997 | 53 | #2,447 |
| 1996 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 1995 | 64 | #2,096 |
| 1994 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 1993 | 58 | #2,236 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,880 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,690 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,098 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,942 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Names like Kiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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