How Many People Are Named Kaia?
people named Kaia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 16,427 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,967 babies named Kaia in Social Security records from 1955 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,680 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of KATARINA or KATARIINA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Kaia (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kaia alive today is about 10 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kaia first appears in the records in 1955 and was given most often in 2024, to 1,680 babies. In 2025, 1,623 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1955 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kaia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #180, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #193.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #193 |
| Best rank | #180 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #203 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kaia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kaia were born in California than in any other state: about 3,842 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kaia was given 10 times as often in Hawaii, 2 times in Minnesota and 2 times in Washington.
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