Kyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,859 for girls
Kyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,859th for girls in the US (59 babies).
What does Kyah mean?
Modern: spelling of Kya
A variant spelling of Kya, a name of uncertain origin linked to Kaia and Kia.
Is Kyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 59 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kyah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2001, 67% of the babies named Kyah in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Kyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,859th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were named Kyah, making it the 2,859th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,924th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 165 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer girls named Kyah than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Kyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,618 girls in the US were given Kyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #128, up from #2,859 for this spelling alone.
Kyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,859 |
| 2024 | 81 | #2,282 |
| 2023 | 94 | #2,062 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,490 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,608 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,924 |
| 2019 | 120 | #1,724 |
| 2018 | 116 | #1,762 |
| 2017 | 121 | #1,744 |
| 2016 | 132 | #1,644 |
| 2015 | 105 | #1,919 |
| 2014 | 101 | #1,967 |
| 2013 | 92 | #2,083 |
| 2012 | 129 | #1,651 |
| 2011 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2010 | 99 | #2,010 |
| 2009 | 110 | #1,901 |
| 2008 | 115 | #1,854 |
| 2007 | 144 | #1,570 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,691 |
| 2005 | 113 | #1,740 |
| 2004 | 134 | #1,497 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,560 |
| 2002 | 165 | #1,217 |
| 2001 | 134 | #1,410 |
| 2000 | 76 | #2,118 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,779 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Kyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Zainab, Ayah, Summer, Hafsa, Hiba, Kaliyah, Sumayyah, Farah, Khadija, Ruqayyah
Other spellings of Kyah
Kaia, Kaiya, Kaya, Kya, Caia, Kaiah, Kiyah, Kiah, Kaiyah, Kayah, Kaja
Names related to Kyah
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, “Kyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kyah, updated 20 October 2026.