Kaya
A unisex name of Japanese origin, meaning water.
How Kaya has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #859 |
| 2016 | #962 |
| 2017 | #936 |
| 2019 | #973 |
| 2024 | #966 |
Kaya by the numbers
In 2025, 46 babies in England and Wales were named Kaya. In the US, 296 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 528 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kaya
Names that are said the same way as Kaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean water
Like Kaya, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kaya
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