Kiya Girl
How popular is Kiya?
#2,933 girl name in 2025
57 baby girls were named Kiya in the US in 2025, making it the 2933rd most popular girl name.
Kiya popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,933 for girls (▼ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 57 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,138 in 2015, #2,441 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2002 (231 girls) |
| Highest rank | #959 in 2002 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kiya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kiyah family of names ranked #1,380 for girls in 2025 (#1,307 the year before), with 121 babies in all.
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 Kiya is most popular
Babies named Kiya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Kiya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 163 | #2,942 |
| 1980s | 174 | #3,098 |
| 1990s | 635 | #1,578 |
| 2000s | 1,775 | #959 |
| 2010s | 994 | #1,639 |
| 2020s | 393 | #2,441 |
Girl names about as popular as Kiya
Questions
- Is Kiya a boy or girl name?
- Kiya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Kiya were girls.
- How popular is the name Kiya?
- 57 baby girls were named Kiya in the US in 2025, making it the 2933rd most popular girl name.
- When was Kiya most popular?
- Kiya peaked in 2002, when 231 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #959 in 2002.
- How many people are named Kiya?
- 4,157 babies have been named Kiya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,110 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Kiya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kiya was most common in Utah, at 0.1 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.