Kya
Rank in 2025
#1235
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
182
girls 182
Peak year
2023
340 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
6,385
since 1970
Born a Kya? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kya was most popular in 2023, when 340 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.21 per 1,000). In 2025, 182 babies were named Kya, ranking #1235 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 77%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 182 | 1235 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 229 | 1083 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 340 | 818 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 182 | 1295 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 140 | 1506 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 158 | 1373 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 134 | 1585 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 143 | 1520 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 173 | 1340 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 205 | 1209 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 161 | 1434 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 180 | 1314 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 175 | 1336 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 195 | 1243 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 192 | 1244 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 227 | 1095 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 204 | 1218 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 233 | 1108 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 266 | 1000 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 282 | 932 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 285 | 885 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 381 | 706 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 299 | 822 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 251 | 894 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 271 | 843 | 13 | 5390 |
| 2000 | 157 | 1245 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 109 | 1548 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 71 | 2066 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 50 | 2556 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 45 | 2714 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 59 | 2244 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 88 | 1688 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 39 | 2990 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 42 | 2830 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 36 | 3097 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 30 | 3523 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 27 | 3673 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 13 | 5895 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 10 | 6612 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 9 | 6955 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | 8153 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 8 | 7312 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 9 | 6888 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 10 | 6323 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 12 | 5544 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 9 | 6696 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 9 | 6048 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 7 | 7173 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 6 | 7680 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 10 | 5191 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 5 | 8292 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 7 | 6362 | <5 | — |
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Where Kya is most popular
- Indiana1.9×
- Ohio1.7×
- Pennsylvania1.6×
- North Carolina1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years