How rare is the name Kaia?

11,567 people in the United States have the first name Kaia, about 1 in 26,111. It ranks #2,252 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KAIA

#2,252

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,567
About
1 in 26,111
This common or more
79.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,567 people named Kaia, 54.2% reported their origin as White, 18.2% as two or more races and 11.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kaia peaked in 2024, when 1,680 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19552025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
1,680
In 2025*
1,623 ▼3%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 20,967 babies have been given the name since 1955. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kaia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #462. The largest share of babies named Kaia, 68.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#10,80220
1960s#9,50144
1970s#5,997167
1980s#6,163211
1990s#3,814594
2000s#1,2564,033
2010s#8487,261
2020s#4628,637
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–962.3%
Generation Z 1997–1228%
2013 and later68.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kaia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kaia has been most common in Hawaii (6.5×), Nevada (3.3×), and Washington (2.6×), and least common in Alabama (0.25×).

19,124 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kaia

#2,250 Elida · 11,577#2,251 Coleman · 11,573#2,253 Tierra · 11,562#2,254 Sang · 11,561

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kaia, most common first.

#858 Kai · 53,204#2,625 Kaya · 9,062#3,394 Kaiya · 6,212#17,856 Kaiah · 610#26,063 Kaio · 360#38,294 Kayia · 201#52,605 Kawa · 106

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