Kya
#2,141 most common girls' name of all time · #3,637 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1970–2025
Rank among girls
#2,141
Rank overall
#3,637 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
6,385
Since 2016
1,886
Peak year
2004 #706
Best rank
#706 2004
Girls
Boys
peak 381/yr
Kya first appears in 1970. 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 | 182 | — | 182 | #1,238 |
| 2024 | 229 | — | 229 | #1,083 |
| 2023 | 340 | — | 340 | #818 |
| 2022 | 182 | — | 182 | #1,300 |
| 2021 | 140 | — | 140 | #1,514 |
| 2020 | 158 | — | 158 | #1,383 |
| 2019 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,590 |
| 2018 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 173 | — | 173 | #1,344 |
| 2016 | 205 | — | 205 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 161 | — | 161 | #1,434 |
| 2014 | 180 | — | 180 | #1,317 |
| 2013 | 175 | — | 175 | #1,336 |
| 2012 | 195 | — | 195 | #1,246 |
| 2011 | 192 | — | 192 | #1,248 |
| 2010 | 227 | — | 227 | #1,097 |
| 2009 | 204 | — | 204 | #1,224 |
| 2008 | 233 | — | 233 | #1,109 |
| 2007 | 266 | — | 266 | #1,000 |
| 2006 | 282 | — | 282 | #932 |
| 2005 | 285 | — | 285 | #888 |
| 2004 | 381 | — | 381 | #706 |
| 2003 | 299 | — | 299 | #823 |
| 2002 | 251 | — | 251 | #895 |
| 2001 | 271 | 13 | 284 | #844 |
| 2000 | 157 | — | 157 | #1,252 |
| 1999 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,557 |
| 1998 | 71 | — | 71 | #2,075 |
| 1997 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,577 |
| 1996 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,740 |
| 1995 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,265 |
| 1994 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,696 |
| 1993 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,029 |
| 1992 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,857 |
| 1991 | 36 | — | 36 | #3,136 |
| 1990 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,583 |
| 1989 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,747 |
| 1988 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,105 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,890 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,299 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,662 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,737 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,243 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,624 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,795 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,086 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,452 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,742 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,407 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,529 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,193 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,013 |