Kiaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kiaya by the numbers

Kiaya was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 62 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Kiaya

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

  • Kayawater296 in the US (2017)
  • Khayato awaken; zulu origin6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kiara341 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kiana70 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kiya87 in the US (2017)
  • Kimaya17 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Kiaya

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

Names about as common as Kiaya

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