Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kaija

#6,935 most common girls' name of all time · #11,662 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1967–2025

Rank among girls
#6,935
Rank overall
#11,662 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
1,028
Since 2016
199
Peak year
2002 #3,002
Best rank
#2,986 2001
Girls Boys peak 49/yr
198020002020

Kaija first appears in 1967. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 14 — 14 #7,597
2024 18 — 18 #6,455
2023 27 — 27 #4,913
2022 12 — 12 #8,663
2021 12 — 12 #8,612
2020 19 — 19 #6,149
2019 26 — 26 #5,076
2018 19 — 19 #6,332
2017 18 — 18 #6,608
2016 34 — 34 #4,281
2015 17 — 17 #7,052
2014 18 — 18 #6,779
2013 14 — 14 #8,255
2012 15 — 15 #7,919
2011 19 — 19 #6,630
2010 30 — 30 #4,775
2009 28 — 28 #5,131
2008 33 — 33 #4,585
2007 42 — 42 #3,809
2006 26 — 26 #5,294
2005 35 — 35 #4,066
2004 28 — 28 #4,756
2003 36 — 36 #3,826
2002 49 — 49 #3,002
2001 48 — 48 #2,986
2000 31 — 31 #4,019
1999 30 — 30 #3,933
1998 38 — 38 #3,251
1997 30 — 30 #3,773
1996 26 — 26 #4,119
1995 23 — 23 #4,427
1994 22 — 22 #4,593
1993 23 — 23 #4,462
1992 14 — 14 #6,462
1991 17 — 17 #5,522
1990 11 — 11 #7,551
1989 15 — 15 #5,700
1988 12 — 12 #6,454
1987 7 — 7 #9,200
1986 5 — 5 #11,605
1985 7 — 7 #8,753
1984 8 — 8 #7,758
1983 5 — 5 #10,967
1982 10 — 10 #6,654
1980 8 — 8 #7,805
1978 6 — 6 #9,106
1977 7 — 7 #8,058
1976 8 — 8 #7,023
1975 9 — 9 #6,324
1973 9 — 9 #5,940
1971 5 — 5 #9,121
1967 5 — 5 #7,722