How Many People Are Named Kia?
people named Kia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 45,341 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,809 babies named Kia in Social Security records from 1956 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
357 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of KRISTINA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kia, 97.5% were girls and 2.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1960s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 92.9% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kia alive today is about 38 years old, and 75% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kia first appears in the records in 1956 and was given most often in 1993, to 357 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1956 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #634, in 1983. In 2025 it ranked #8,619.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,619 |
| Best rank | #634 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #876 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kia were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 603 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kia was given 10.3 times as often in District of Columbia, 4.2 times in Maryland and 2.5 times in Pennsylvania.
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