How rare is the name Kia?

8,949 people in the United States have the first name Kia, about 1 in 33,750. It ranks #2,643 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KIA

#2,643

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,949
About
1 in 33,750
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 8,949 people named Kia, 55.4% reported their origin as Black, 19.7% as White and 15.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 92.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kia peaked in 1993, when 357 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19562025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
357
In 2025*
12 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,809 babies have been given the name since 1956. 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.

Kia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,321. The largest share of babies named Kia, 49.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#10,13425
1960s#3,308329
1970s#1,3951,791
1980s#1,3212,300
1990s#1,5322,362
2000s#4,324689
2010s#9,789225
2020s#12,68288
Baby boom 1946–641.4%
Generation X 1965–8028.9%
Millennials 1981–9649.4%
Generation Z 1997–1217.3%
2013 and later2.9%

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 Kia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kia has been most common in District of Columbia (8.4×), Maryland (4.3×), and Pennsylvania (2.1×), and least common in Washington (0.42×).

5,518 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 Kia

#2,641 Fallon · 8,969#2,642 Reinaldo · 8,958#2,644 Danette · 8,947#2,645 Natividad · 8,939

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,836 Ki · 3,725#5,123 Kiya · 3,420#5,629 Kiah · 3,005#20,005 Kiu · 521#21,789 Kie · 463#42,079 Kio · 172

Also a last name

As a last name, Kia ranks #50,912 of 156,621, with 443 people. See Kia as a last name

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