Kaiya

What Kaiya means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1974, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kaiya?

US: Falling: down from #884 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1057 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 353 girls got the name (#798 that year). First in the US records in 1974.

How common

• About 1 in 6,303 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 11,513 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland 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 WA (0.49 per 1,000 girls), WI (0.39 per 1,000 girls), MO (0.37 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kaiya is #992 in the US and #1407 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 Kaiya were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kaya206 US · 46 E&W
• Kya182 US · 8 E&W
• Kiya57 US · 4 E&W
• Kiyah45 US · 7 E&W
• Kaiyah38 US · 6 E&W
• Kayah22 US · 5 E&W
• Keya14 US · 7 E&W
• Kaye18 US

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 Kaiya

Girls

• Nevaeh#165From the word “heaven”^*
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Amaya#180“the end”^*
• Gracie#227Editor’s note Down from #165 in 2015 to #227 in 2025 in the US
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Maximus#275Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1997, with 5 babies
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*

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 Kaiya’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.