Kaya*
#1,531 most common girls' name of all time · #2,650 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1968–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#1,531
Rank overall
#2,650 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
10,976
Since 2016
2,698
Peak year
2004 #542
Best rank
#539 2003
Girls
Boys
peak 561/yr
Kaya first appears in 1968. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 206 | 15 | 221 | #1,133 |
| 2024 | 269 | 18 | 287 | #967 |
| 2023 | 247 | 18 | 265 | #1,028 |
| 2022 | 254 | 14 | 268 | #1,020 |
| 2021 | 254 | 10 | 264 | #1,008 |
| 2020 | 236 | 13 | 249 | #1,056 |
| 2019 | 268 | 15 | 283 | #973 |
| 2018 | 254 | 18 | 272 | #1,022 |
| 2017 | 282 | 15 | 297 | #935 |
| 2016 | 282 | 10 | 292 | #963 |
| 2015 | 326 | 15 | 341 | #859 |
| 2014 | 264 | 16 | 280 | #1,000 |
| 2013 | 357 | 21 | 378 | #763 |
| 2012 | 331 | 18 | 349 | #810 |
| 2011 | 383 | 18 | 401 | #723 |
| 2010 | 357 | 21 | 378 | #766 |
| 2009 | 426 | 17 | 443 | #686 |
| 2008 | 480 | 31 | 511 | #642 |
| 2007 | 428 | 18 | 446 | #685 |
| 2006 | 447 | 29 | 476 | #646 |
| 2005 | 435 | 21 | 456 | #641 |
| 2004 | 528 | 33 | 561 | #542 |
| 2003 | 519 | 18 | 537 | #539 |
| 2002 | 499 | 47 | 546 | #551 |
| 2001 | 410 | 56 | 466 | #613 |
| 2000 | 301 | 14 | 315 | #760 |
| 1999 | 192 | 15 | 207 | #1,056 |
| 1998 | 162 | 15 | 177 | #1,166 |
| 1997 | 133 | 14 | 147 | #1,309 |
| 1996 | 113 | 10 | 123 | #1,456 |
| 1995 | 82 | 13 | 95 | #1,769 |
| 1994 | 71 | 8 | 79 | #1,991 |
| 1993 | 71 | 7 | 78 | #1,979 |
| 1992 | 59 | 9 | 68 | #2,262 |
| 1991 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,376 |
| 1990 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,999 |
| 1989 | 30 | 11 | 41 | #3,448 |
| 1988 | 29 | 5 | 34 | #3,357 |
| 1987 | 24 | 5 | 29 | #3,698 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,859 |
| 1985 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,242 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,120 |
| 1983 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,042 |
| 1982 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #4,868 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,282 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,635 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,012 |
| 1978 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,358 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,080 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,909 |
| 1975 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #5,092 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,129 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,105 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,216 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,755 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,323 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,957 |