Kya
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Kya
Kya, a variation of the popular Kaia, the feminine form of the also-popular gender-neutral name Kai, was one of the fastest-rising girls' names of 2023.
Names starting with the ky (rhymes with by and why) sound are trending in general, with Kya along with four other names making up a full quarter of the fastest-rising names of 2023.
Kya is also given to boys.
Pronounced KY-uh.
As of October 2026, Kya ranked #5543 for boys in US births in 2001 and #1237 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #706 for girls in 2004.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,315 | 180 | 100.8 |
| 2015 | #1,435 | 161 | 90.2 |
| 2016 | #1,209 | 205 | 115.7 |
| 2017 | #1,344 | 173 | 100.2 |
| 2018 | #1,525 | 143 | 84.1 |
| 2019 | #1,591 | 134 | 79.8 |
| 2020 | #1,404 | 156 | 96.5 |
| 2021 | #1,510 | 140 | 85.3 |
| 2022 | #1,299 | 182 | 111 |
| 2023 | #820 | 338 | 210.6 |
| 2024 | #1,083 | 228 | 140.7 |
| 2025 | #1,237 | 182 | 113.2 |
World rankings
Kya for girls
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Kya on lists
Famous Kyas
- KYAGirl
stage name of Christina Parie, Australian singer
- Kya LauGirl
American chef and contestant on TV's "MasterChef Junior"
- Kya Leigh Robinson Clark (b. 2017)Girl
daughter of American actress Jenny Robinson and "We the Kings" frontman Travis Clark
Kya in pop culture
- KyaGirl
Katara and Sokka's mother on animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender
- KyaGirl
Aang and Katara's daughter on animated series The Legend of Korra
- KyaGirl
main character in video game "Kya: Dark Lineage"