Kyah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kyah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #502 in 2019, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#502highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1450
1998	#2701
1999	#1805
2000	#1250
2001	#1439
2002	#1928
2003	#1843
2004	#1383
2005	#2682
2006	#2137
2007	#1965
2008	#2150
2009	#1668
2010	#2235
2011	#1903
2012	#2969
2013	#2176
2014	#2862
2015	#2705
2016	#3214
2017	#2925
2018	#3178
2019	#3151
2020	#2615
2021	#5581
2023	#4709
2024	#4192

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 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4709 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 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 recorded2008–2023
Highest recorded position: #502 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2019 (recorded 2008–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kyah appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 266 births with the name.

Kyah 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.

Kyah'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	#1755 (1996)	#1250 (2000)	#4192 (2024)	28 of 29	266 (1996–2024)	16 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#862 (2008)	#502 (2019)	#856 (2023)	8 of 16	35 (2008–2023)	7 (2019)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1746 (2001)	#1746 (2001)	2 of 6	10 (1996–2001)	7 (2001)

Kyah 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 Kyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	35	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	119	10 of 10	12
2010s	91	10 of 10	9
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Kyah 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #502 in Republic of Ireland in 2019.

Kyah'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1668	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #502, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 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.

Ky-Mani · #2507, 14y
Kya · #459, 30y
Kyal · #698, 15y
Kyan · #392, 29y

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.

Jayda · #502, 29y
Kaira · #502, 29y
Kyrah · #502, 29y
Darian · #503, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ashlin · #502, 12y
Cherise · #502, 19y
Jayda · #502, 29y
Kaira · #502, 29y

Kyah was ranked #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2019. 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.

Kyah 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 Kyah without appearing here.

Kyah moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Kristin Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2969 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #4003.

Moved ahead of Kyah

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1286.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1785.
Diane Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2499.
Linnea Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3117 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2711.

Moved the opposite way to Kyah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kyah went from #1755 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kyah went from #1755 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kyah went from #1755 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kyah went from #1755 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Kyah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kyah went from #1755 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kyah went from #1755 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kyah went from #1755 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kyah went from #1755 to #4192 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #502 in Republic of Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kyah

Kyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kyah across 3 official records

Kyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kyah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kyah at a glance

Kyah across 3 official records

Kyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kyah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kyah

Kyah and the names beside it

Kyah moved ahead of

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