Kaia

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kaia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kaia: Recorded since 1951, with a gap of 11 years, its highest recorded position is #46, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
123times a registrar ranked it
75years from first to last
#46highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kaia's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#3824
1998	#1319
1999	#1317
2000	#1475
2001	#796
2002	#750
2003	#996
2004	#883
2005	#931
2006	#909
2007	#963
2008	#937
2009	#850
2010	#965
2011	#1015
2012	#1210
2013	#1018
2014	#1005
2015	#794
2016	#567
2017	#589
2018	#503
2019	#513
2020	#436
2021	#363
2022	#320
2023	#288
2024	#283

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 54 of the 75 years from 1951 to 2025.

In 2025: #70 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #129 among girls in Norway, #130 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1951–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1951
First recorded at #368 among girls in Norway in 1951 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded2018–2023
Highest recorded position: #46 among girls in New Zealand, in 2023 (recorded 2018–2023).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #70 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Kaia appears in 7 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 54 years beginning in 1951, and has registered 1,376 births with the name.

Kaia across 7 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kaia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#368 (1951)	#113 (2001)	#129 (2025)	54 of 75	1,376 (1951–2025)	59 (2001)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#283 (2024)	#283 (2024)	29 of 29	1,532 (1996–2024)	159 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#620 (2002)	#130 (2025)	#130 (2025)	19 of 24	267 (2002–2025)	39 (2022)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#339 (2002)	#161 (2024)	#161 (2024)	10 of 23	62 (2002–2024)	12 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#2254 (2002)	#2254 (2002)	#4333 (2007)	3 of 6	11 (2002–2007)	5 (2002)
New Zealand · Girls	#99 (2018)	#46 (2023)	#46 (2023)	4 of 6	217 (2018–2023)	69 (2023)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#92 (2023)	#70 (2025)	#70 (2025)	3 of 3	272 (2023–2025)	101 (2025)

Kaia by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kaia in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	5	1 of 10	5
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	42	6 of 10	7
1980s	123	10 of 10	12
1990s	230	10 of 10	23
2000sbusiest	458	10 of 10	46
2010s	278	10 of 10	28
2020s	236	6 of 10	39

Across Norway · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 46 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Kaia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1951 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #46 in New Zealand in 2023.

Kaia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#283	159	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#288	154	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#320	137	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#363	127	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#436	97	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#513	79	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#503	85	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#589	72	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#567	74	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#794	48	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1005	36	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1018	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1210	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1015	34	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#965	35	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#850	40	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#937	34	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#963	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#909	32	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#931	29	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#883	30	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#996	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#750	34	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#796	30	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	female	#46	69	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	female	#74	57	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#82	50	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#99	41	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#161	12	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#178	10	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#228	7	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#129	44	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#113	47	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#135	39	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#132	38	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#130	38	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#159	30	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#200	25	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#143	39	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#174	31	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#235	23	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#216	25	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#261	20	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#181	32	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#268	19	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#181	32	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#189	32	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#170	38	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#116	58	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#150	43	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#147	44	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#134	46	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#133	47	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#134	47	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#143	41	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#113	59	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#162	35	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#207	24	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#162	38	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#216	23	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#271	16	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#226	23	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#244	20	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#269	18	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#330	13	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#222	27	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#211	28	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#241	23	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#296	17	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#430	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#293	16	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#402	11	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#510	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#594	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#398	10	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#406	9	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#298	15	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#388	10	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#354	11	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#426	8	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#560	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#607	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#593	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#487	4	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#368	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	36	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	25	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#190	24	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	39	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	26	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	21	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	17	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#419	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	13	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#244	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1951 and 2025, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #46, first reached in 2023.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years, 5 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 159 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 73 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kahlil · #2165, 10y
Kai · #20, 81y
Kaiah · #751, 12y
Kaian · #2117, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Sam · #38, 59y
Madeleine · #35, 57y
Emilia · #31, 54y
Eden · #30, 51y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Maurice · #46, 69y
Ronnie · #46, 60y
Douglas · #47, 70y
Isabel · #45, 68y

Kaia was ranked #46 in New Zealand · Girls in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kaia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kaia without appearing here.

Kaia moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 1998 they stood at #3824 and #2152 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1317 and #3900.
Cecilie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #3824 and #3824 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1319 and #3848.
Dylan Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2350 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1319 and #3848.
Ezra Compare
In 1997 they stood at #3824 and #3824 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1319 and #3848.

Moved ahead of Kaia

Julie Compare
In 1972 they stood at #368 and #397 in Norway · Girls; by 1973 that had become #593 and #151.
Victoria Compare
In 1972 they stood at #487 and #510 in Norway · Girls; by 1973 that had become #593 and #289.
Vilde Compare
In 1982 they stood at #398 and #474 in Norway · Girls; by 1983 that had become #594 and #329.
Aria Compare
In 2009 they stood at #850 and #1248 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #965 and #773.

Moved the opposite way to Kaia

Åse Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaia went from #368 to #129 while Åse went from #23 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaia went from #368 to #129 while Aud went from #10 to #427.
Bjørg Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaia went from #368 to #129 while Bjørg went from #9 to #369.
Else Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaia went from #368 to #129 while Else went from #20 to #191.

Moved the same way as Kaia

Anna Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaia went from #368 to #129 and Anna from #60 to #23.
Elise Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaia went from #368 to #129 and Elise from #216 to #63.
Ellinor Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaia went from #368 to #129 and Ellinor from #109 to #7.
Emma Compare
Between 1951 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaia went from #368 to #129 and Emma from #260 to #1.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1951 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #46 in New Zealand in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kaia

Kaia at a glance

What stands out in Kaia's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kaia across 7 official records

Kaia by decade in Norway · Girls

Kaia appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Kaia

Kaia and the names beside it

Kaia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kaia

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Moved the same way as Kaia

Kaia at a glance

What stands out in Kaia's record

Kaia across 7 official records

Kaia by decade in Norway · Girls

Kaia appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Kaia

Kaia and the names beside it

Kaia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kaia

Moved the opposite way to Kaia

Moved the same way as Kaia