Kaira Girl
How popular is Kaira?
#1,423 girl name in 2025
152 baby girls were named Kaira in the US in 2025, making it the 1423rd most popular girl name.
Kaira popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,423 for girls (▼ 164 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 152 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+67% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,113 in 2015, #1,494 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (186 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,251 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kaira counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaira family of names ranked #1,017 for girls in 2025 (#902 the year before), with 197 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaira | 152 | 77% |
| Kayra | 31 | 16% |
| Caira | 9 | 5% |
| Kairah | 5 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kaira is most popular
Babies named Kaira per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (154 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
Kaira by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 46 | #4,719 |
| 1980s | 139 | #2,708 |
| 1990s | 418 | #1,890 |
| 2000s | 750 | #2,078 |
| 2010s | 1,011 | #1,251 |
| 2020s | 971 | #1,259 |
Girl names about as popular as Kaira
Questions
- Is Kaira a boy or girl name?
- Kaira is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kaira were girls.
- How popular is the name Kaira?
- 152 baby girls were named Kaira in the US in 2025, making it the 1423rd most popular girl name.
- When was Kaira most popular?
- Kaira peaked in 2019, when 186 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,251 in 2019.
- How many people are named Kaira?
- 3,335 babies have been named Kaira in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,308 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Kaira most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaira was most common in New Jersey, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.