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Girl's name · #1133 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave
Kaya's best rank, #540, came in 2003; it has settled back to #1133 today. Roughly 10,000 girls have been named Kaya since 1968.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 23 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#345 in Switzerland (2025) · #442 in Poland (2025) · #477 in Netherlands (2025) · #592 in Scotland (2025) · #707 in Austria (2025) · #799 in England & Wales (2025) · #885 in Sweden (2025) · #1,390 in Belgium (2025) · #2,036 in France (2025) · #2,064 in Ecuador (2025) · #786 in Canada (2024).
Among 145 notable people named Kaya:
Entertainers appear 2.36× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kaya Scodelario, British actress.
Together with its spelling variants Kaia (#193) and Kaiya (#994), Kaya would rank around #141 with about 2,100 births last year — the newborns split about 78/12/10 across Kaia, Kaiya, and Kaya.
Similar names: Kaiya · Jazmyn · Kai · Taya · Kianna · Aya
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