Kaja

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kaja: Recorded since 1946, it reached #41 in 2006, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
118times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#41highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kaja's record

Held a top-100 place for 33 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2001	#3998
2002	#2301
2003	#3099
2004	#3197
2005	#3382
2006	#2137
2007	#2233
2008	#1447
2009	#1004
2010	#801
2011	#841
2012	#779
2013	#725
2014	#779
2015	#871
2016	#735
2017	#715
2018	#657
2019	#664
2020	#735
2021	#828
2022	#1452
2023	#1469
2024	#1449

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 68 of the 80 years from 1946 to 2025.

In 2025: #57 among girls in Norway, #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1946–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #375 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #41 among girls in Norway, in 2006 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #57 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Kaja appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 68 years beginning in 1946, and has registered 4,697 births with the name.

Kaja across 4 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.

Kaja'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	#375 (1946)	#41 (2006)	#57 (2025)	68 of 80	4,697 (1946–2025)	155 (2000)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#657 (2018)	#1449 (2024)	27 of 28	779 (1997–2024)	61 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#705 (2007)	#219 (2014)	#885 (2025)	19 of 19	191 (2007–2025)	24 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#444 (2011)	#432 (2017)	#434 (2018)	4 of 8	12 (2011–2018)	3 (2011)

Kaja 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 Kaja in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	5	1 of 10	5
1950s	9	2 of 10	5
1960s	59	9 of 10	7
1970s	170	10 of 10	17
1980s	597	10 of 10	60
1990s	970	10 of 10	97
2000sbusiest	1,429	10 of 10	143
2010s	908	10 of 10	91
2020s	550	6 of 10	92

Across Norway · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 143 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2017 and 2018, when recorded births rose by 35, from 82 to 117.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Kaja 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 4 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #41 in Norway in 2006.

Kaja'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	#1449	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#828	43	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#735	50	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#664	59	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#657	61	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#715	57	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#735	54	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#871	42	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#779	50	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#725	55	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#779	50	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#841	43	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#801	45	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1004	32	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#57	113	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#70	85	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#71	87	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#65	97	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#76	74	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#68	94	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#62	97	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#49	117	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#76	82	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#73	90	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#83	80	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#92	67	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#79	79	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#75	88	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#78	87	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#52	121	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#51	129	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#52	117	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#42	143	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#41	153	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#46	150	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#45	147	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#47	137	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#44	153	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#46	145	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#46	155	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#53	127	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#75	96	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#81	99	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#89	99	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#93	95	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#91	94	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#97	91	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#110	78	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#83	99	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#91	92	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#90	88	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#85	91	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#95	76	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#117	60	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#119	58	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#121	54	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#163	36	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#131	51	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#148	44	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#154	39	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#160	36	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#231	21	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#220	22	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#203	25	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#325	12	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#278	16	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#419	8	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#252	18	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#450	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#539	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#410	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#373	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#514	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#479	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#502	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#322	10	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#397	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#506	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#375	7	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#395	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#375	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	17	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	13	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	15	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	24	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	17	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#546	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1946 and 2025, ranked in 68 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #41, first reached in 2006.

It held a top-100 place in 38 years, 33 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 155 births, registered in Norway in 2000.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 65 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.

Kaizer · #749, 17y
Kaj · #216, 55y
Kajetan · #352, 19y
Kajsa · #159, 42y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Veronica · #42, 65y
Lance · #43, 64y
Michele · #44, 70y
Leslie · #37, 67y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Carl · #41, 81y
Charles · #41, 81y
Nikolai · #41, 64y
Ove · #41, 72y

Kaja was ranked #41 in Norway · Girls in 2006. 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.

Kaja 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 Kaja without appearing here.

Kaja moved ahead of

George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3197 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1447 and #5545.
Tove Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3998 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1447 and #5545.
Finn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3382 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #801 and #4688.
Karin Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3382 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2233 and #5201.

Moved ahead of Kaja

Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #267 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #621 and #180.
Maddison Compare
In 2018 they stood at #267 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #621 and #221.
Violet Compare
In 2018 they stood at #267 and #299 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #621 and #235.
May Compare
In 2018 they stood at #267 and #361 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #621 and #325.

Moved the opposite way to Kaja

Åse Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaja went from #375 to #57 while Åse went from #23 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaja went from #375 to #57 while Aud went from #13 to #427.
Bjørg Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaja went from #375 to #57 while Bjørg went from #6 to #369.
Else Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaja went from #375 to #57 while Else went from #15 to #191.

Moved the same way as Kaja

Anna Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaja went from #375 to #57 and Anna from #46 to #23.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaja went from #375 to #57 and Charlotte from #345 to #162.
Elise Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaja went from #375 to #57 and Elise from #294 to #63.
Ella Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Kaja went from #375 to #57 and Ella from #123 to #4.

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 4 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #41 in Norway in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kaja

Kaja at a glance

What stands out in Kaja's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kaja across 4 official records

Kaja by decade in Norway · Girls

Kaja appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Kaja

Kaja and the names beside it

Kaja moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kaja

Moved the opposite way to Kaja

Moved the same way as Kaja

Kaja at a glance

What stands out in Kaja's record

Kaja across 4 official records

Kaja by decade in Norway · Girls

Kaja appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Kaja

Kaja and the names beside it

Kaja moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kaja

Moved the opposite way to Kaja

Moved the same way as Kaja