Kaia
99% girls · 1% boys
About Kaia
The new Maia, the next Kayla, Kaia has been on the charts since the year 2000. You might see it as a female form of the also-rising Kai, which means sea in Hawaiian and is sometimes used for girls as well, or as a Kardashianization of the ancient goddess name Caia.
Kaia's star has been floating upwards for the past few decades, along with Kai's. And it still has some distance to go, though we don't anticipate it making the Top 10.
Kaia Gerber, daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford, is now a supermodel in her own right.
Kaia is also given to boys, where it ranks #12932 in the US.
Pronounced KY-uh.
As of October 2026, Kaia ranked #193 for girls and #12932 for boys in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #180 for girls in 2024 and #7207 for boys in 2001, Nameberry popularity #86 for girls.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #545 | 567 | 317.4 |
| 2015 | #447 | 708 | 396.6 |
| 2016 | #368 | 886 | 500 |
| 2017 | #331 | 991 | 574 |
| 2018 | #313 | 1,066 | 626.7 |
| 2019 | #315 | 1,014 | 604.2 |
| 2020 | #300 | 1,075 | 665 |
| 2021 | #231 | 1,304 | 794.7 |
| 2022 | #225 | 1,334 | 813.3 |
| 2023 | #186 | 1,612 | 1,004.6 |
| 2024 | #180 | 1,675 | 1,033.8 |
| 2025 | #193 | 1,618 | 1,006.7 |
World rankings
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Kaia on lists
Famous Kaias
- Kaia KanepiGirl
Estonian tennis player
- Kaia BeckGirl
American reality TV personality ("The Real World: Hawaii")
- Kaia Lynne WilsonGirl
American musician of punk bands Team Dresch and The Butchies
- Kaia Jordan GerberGirl
daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford
- Kaia Finn (b. 2006)Girl
daughter of actress Rosa Blasi and NFL player Jim Finn
- Kaia Rose Biermann (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of reality TV personality Kim Zolciak and NFL player Kroy Biermann; twin of brother Kane Ren
- Kaia Faith CalawayGirl
daughter of American wrestler The Undertaker
- Easton Kaia Jones (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of NFL player T.J. Jones
- Kaia Roberto (b.2019)Girl
daughter of Spanish footballer Sergi Roberto and Israeli model Coral Simanovich
Kaia in pop culture
- Kaia StokesGirl
character on Australian soap "Home & Away"
- Kaia SellersGirl
character in the "Seven Deadly Sins" series
- Kaia FITGirl
women's lifestyle program
- KaiaGirl
marijuana
- Kaia NievesGirl
character on CW's "Supernatural" and spin,off series "Wayward Sisters"