Caia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 80 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
80
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3333
7 babies

Caia by the numbers

In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Caia. In the US, 80 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Caia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Caia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Caradear or beloved85 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Canaplace of reeds; biblical place name22 in the US (2017)
  • Catiapure; a form of Catarina or Cathy10 in the US (2017)
  • Calacastle or fortification8 in the US (2017)
  • Caitpure; form of Caitlin or Caite6 in the US (2017)
  • Calia14 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Caia

Names that are said the same way as Caia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kayawater296 in the US (2017)
  • Khayato awaken; zulu origin6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaia173 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaiah46 in the US (2017)
  • Kayah5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Caiah3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Caia

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