Kaya

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Kaya: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #294 in 2020, and it stood at #462 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
90times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#294highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#415
1997	#536
1998	#817
1999	#539
2000	#456
2001	#414
2002	#508
2003	#630
2004	#528
2005	#615
2006	#564
2007	#570
2008	#557
2009	#556
2010	#425
2011	#525
2012	#493
2013	#484
2014	#468
2015	#444
2016	#605
2017	#631
2018	#633
2019	#590
2020	#537
2021	#594
2022	#490
2023	#574
2024	#594

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #462 among girls in Norway, #504 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #541 among girls in Scotland, #594 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #415 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #294 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2000–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #594 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kaya appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 697 births with the name.

Kaya across 6 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.

Kaya'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
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#544 (2001)	#1282 (2024)	29 of 29	697 (1996–2024)	39 (2016)
England and Wales · Girls	#415 (1996)	#414 (2001)	#594 (2024)	29 of 29	1,993 (1996–2024)	100 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#465 (2000)	#294 (2020)	#504 (2024)	22 of 25	175 (2000–2024)	14 (2020)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#440 (2013)	#355 (2017)	#391 (2023)	4 of 11	14 (2013–2023)	4 (2015)
Norway · Girls	#491 (2022)	#388 (2023)	#462 (2024)	3 of 3	17 (2022–2024)	8 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#542 (2010)	#542 (2010)	#623 (2011)	2 of 2	9 (2010–2011)	5 (2010)

Kaya by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Kaya in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	39	4 of 10	10
2000s	262	10 of 10	26
2010sbusiest	289	10 of 10	29
2020s	107	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 29 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kaya 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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #294 in Republic of Ireland in 2020.

Kaya'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	#594	66	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#574	67	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1272	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#490	83	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#594	65	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1139	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#537	74	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1230	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#590	67	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1056	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#633	64	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1194	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#631	66	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#943	32	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#605	70	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#818	39	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#444	98	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1095	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#468	92	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1035	27	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#484	87	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#821	37	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#493	89	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1021	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#525	80	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#976	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#425	100	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1055	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#556	69	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#923	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#557	68	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#987	26	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#570	63	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#848	31	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#564	62	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#814	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#615	51	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#850	27	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#528	61	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#906	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#630	46	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#813	25	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#508	59	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#781	24	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#414	74	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#544	35	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#456	67	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#539	52	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#906	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#817	27	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#536	49	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#415	77	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#462	5	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#388	8	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#491	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#504	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	11	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	14	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	12	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#532	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#541	5	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
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 5 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #294, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 100 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 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.

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Kayaan · #1199, 17y
Kayan · #757, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Amalia · #300, 33y
Yara · #328, 30y
Alia · #355, 30y
Ela · #372, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Krish · #294, 26y
Verity · #294, 29y
Caithlin · #293, 13y
Caitlain · #293, 11y

Kaya was ranked #294 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2020. 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.

Kaya 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 Kaya without appearing here.

Kaya moved ahead of

Andrea Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1241 and #1167 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #544 and #1595.
Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1230 and #1192 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1139 and #1984.
Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #906 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #850 and #1617.
Roger Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1241 and #1167 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #544 and #1286.

Moved ahead of Kaya

Kasper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #923 and #944 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1055 and #668.
Violet Compare
In 2004 they stood at #528 and #607 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #615 and #273.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #814 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #848 and #538.
Riley Compare
In 2015 they stood at #444 and #539 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #605 and #301.

Moved the opposite way to Kaya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaya went from #415 to #594 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaya went from #415 to #594 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaya went from #415 to #594 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaya went from #415 to #594 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Kaya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaya went from #415 to #594 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaya went from #415 to #594 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaya went from #415 to #594 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaya went from #415 to #594 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #294 in Republic of Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kaya

Kaya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kaya across 6 official records

Kaya by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kaya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kaya and the names beside it

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Kaya at a glance

Kaya across 6 official records

Kaya by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kaya appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kaya

Kaya and the names beside it

Kaya moved ahead of

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