# Kaya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,976 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 662 / 10,314 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,771, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 383 | 723 |
| 2012 | 331 | 810 |
| 2013 | 357 | 761 |
| 2014 | 264 | 1,000 |
| 2015 | 326 | 860 |
| 2016 | 282 | 962 |
| 2017 | 282 | 937 |
| 2018 | 254 | 1,022 |
| 2019 | 268 | 973 |
| 2020 | 236 | 1,056 |
| 2021 | 254 | 1,009 |
| 2022 | 254 | 1,019 |
| 2023 | 247 | 1,026 |
| 2024 | 269 | 967 |
| 2025 | 206 | 1,133 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 5,092 |
| 2012 | 18 | 5,144 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,541 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,596 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,877 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,882 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,941 |
| 2018 | 18 | 5,211 |
| 2019 | 15 | 5,965 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,470 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7,874 |
| 2022 | 14 | 6,325 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,360 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,342 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,001 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 80 | 525 |
| 2012 | 89 | 493 |
| 2013 | 87 | 484 |
| 2014 | 92 | 468 |
| 2015 | 98 | 444 |
| 2016 | 70 | 605 |
| 2017 | 66 | 631 |
| 2018 | 64 | 633 |
| 2019 | 67 | 590 |
| 2020 | 74 | 537 |
| 2021 | 65 | 594 |
| 2022 | 83 | 490 |
| 2023 | 67 | 574 |
| 2024 | 66 | 594 |
| 2025 | 46 | 792 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 976 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,021 |
| 2013 | 37 | 821 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,035 |
| 2015 | 25 | 1,095 |
| 2016 | 39 | 818 |
| 2017 | 32 | 943 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,194 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,282 |
| 2025 | 35 | 896 |

## People named Kaya

- Kaya Scodelario, British actress
- Kaya Jones, American pop singer, glamour model and actress
- Kaya Turski, Canadian freestyle skier
- Kaya Chakrabortty, 2024 Miss Universe Japan winner
- Kaya Yanar, German comedian

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.