Kaira

What Kaira means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kaira yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kaira?

US: Rising: up from #2113 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #845 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 185 girls got the name (#1259 that year). First in the US records in 1970.

How common

• About 1 in 10,574 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,089 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MD (0.4 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.25 per 1,000 girls), NJ (0.25 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Kaira is #1423 in the US and #483 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kaira were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kira801 US · 89 E&W
• Kora603 US · 23 E&W
• Keira469 US · 109 E&W
• Kyra329 US · 88 E&W
• Kara226 US · 31 E&W
• Cara168 US · 85 E&W
• Kairi239 US · 9 E&W
• Korra153 US · 9 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kaira

Girls

• Amara#98“eternal”^*
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*

For a brother

• Tobias#283“my good is YHWH”^*
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*
• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”^*
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kaira’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.