Kia

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kia: Recorded since 1995, it reached #266 in 2001, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#266highest recorded position
12groupings 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	#526
1997	#392
1998	#444
1999	#292
2000	#288
2001	#266
2002	#305
2003	#354
2004	#414
2005	#386
2006	#428
2007	#506
2008	#595
2009	#664
2010	#719
2011	#959
2012	#1099
2013	#1864
2014	#2058
2015	#3615
2016	#2757
2017	#4763
2018	#3518
2019	#4686
2020	#3899
2022	#4645
2024	#5891

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 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2006: #428 among girls in England and Wales, #764 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1995–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1995
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #266 among girls in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kia appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 27 ranked years and 1,486 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1995.

Kia across 3 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.

Kia'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 · Girls	#526 (1996)	#266 (2001)	#5891 (2024)	27 of 29	1,486 (1996–2024)	147 (2001)
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#1027 (1999)	#4810 (2016)	17 of 21	107 (1996–2016)	14 (1999)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#516 (1995)	#516 (1995)	#764 (2006)	4 of 12	13 (1995–2006)	4 (2004)

Kia by decade in England and Wales · 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 Kia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	317	4 of 10	79
2000sbusiest	981	10 of 10	98
2010s	176	10 of 10	18
2020s	12	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 98 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1998 and 1999, when recorded births rose by 54, from 67 to 121.

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

Kia 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 2 regions, from 1995 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #266 in England and Wales in 2001.

Kia'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1099	31	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#959	37	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#719	51	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#664	55	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#595	63	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#506	75	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#428	96	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#386	102	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#414	88	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#354	106	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#305	119	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#266	147	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#288	130	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#292	121	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1027	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#444	67	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#392	81	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#526	48	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1995 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #266, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 147 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

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.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 1 year 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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Kiah · #344, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Blessing · #266, 29y
Danuta · #267, 29y
Gintare · #265, 24y
Duane · #268, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Angharad · #266, 28y
Blessing · #266, 29y
Ella-Mae · #266, 30y
Kori · #266, 29y

Kia was ranked #266 in England and Wales · Girls in 2001. 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.

Kia 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 Kia without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Kia

Hans Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2023 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #4432 and #1511.
Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3899 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #1948.
Gustav Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2023 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #4432 and #1828.
Diane Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2757 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.

Moved the opposite way to Kia

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kia went from #526 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kia went from #526 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kia went from #526 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kia went from #526 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Kia

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kia went from #526 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kia went from #526 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kia went from #526 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kia went from #526 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1995 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #266 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kia

Kia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kia across 3 official records

Kia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kia appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Kia at a glance

Kia across 3 official records

Kia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kia appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kia

Kia and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Kia

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