# Kia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kia/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,809 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 196 / 7,613 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,593, 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 | 31 | 4,627 |
| 2012 | 26 | 5,332 |
| 2013 | 23 | 5,748 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,715 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,817 |
| 2016 | 21 | 6,081 |
| 2017 | 14 | 8,091 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,261 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,950 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,785 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,956 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5,878 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,447 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,819 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,621 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 8 | 6,844 |
| 1997 | 11 | 5,490 |
| 1998 | 5 | 10,532 |
| 1999 | 9 | 6,843 |
| 2001 | 8 | 7,983 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10,106 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,925 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,490 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13,125 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,520 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,357 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,255 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,430 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,292 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,727 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 63 | 595 |
| 2009 | 55 | 664 |
| 2010 | 51 | 719 |
| 2011 | 37 | 959 |
| 2012 | 31 | 1,099 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,864 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 6 | 1,821 |
| 1999 | 14 | 1,027 |
| 2000 | 9 | 1,425 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1,746 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,005 |
| 2003 | 12 | 1,326 |
| 2004 | 8 | 1,878 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |

## People named Kia

- Kia Stevens, American professional wrestler
- Kia Vaughn, American basketball player
- Kia Nurse, Canadian basketball player (born 1996)
- Kia Abdullah, British novelist
- Kia McNeill, American soccer player

## 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.