Kaijah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kaijah by the numbers

Kaijah was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kaijah

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 Kaijah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kailahstylish; a variant of kayla42 in the US (2017)
  • Kaijasea; from the word for water18 in the US (2017)
  • Kadijahchild; one who was born prematurely7 in the US (2017)
  • Kaiyah67 in the US (2017)
  • Kaiah46 in the US (2017)
  • Kairah4 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Kaijah

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

  • Kajawater; a form of Kaya16 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Kaijah

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