Kaia

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A few things about Kaia you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Kaia

Kaia Kanepi

Estonian tennis player (born 1985)

Choose Kaia and your child shares a first name with Kaia Kanepi, an Estonian tennis player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Kaia, like who?” Kaia Kanepi's Wikipedia article is available in 43 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 993 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Kaia, 1,618 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Kaia would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryKaia first shows up in US birth records in 1955, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 70 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2024, when it reached #180.
• 📈Then vs nowKaia is 7.6× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 7,502 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 993.
• 🚀TrendKaia has climbed 107 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #193. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedKaia is most popular in Hawaii, where it ranks #7, followed by California (#79) and Wyoming (#79). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.

About the name Kaia

Kaia is a girl name. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with K and ending in “-aia”. US birth records list Kaia for girls from 1955 to 2025, in 65 of those 71 years. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked #180 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #193, with 1,618 babies.