Kiya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 87 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
87
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

Kiya by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Kiya. In the US, 87 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

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

Its American peak was 231 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kiya

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

  • Kiralord or ruler; a form of Kyra817 in the US (2017)
  • Kayawater296 in the US (2017)
  • Kriyaaction or deed in yoga philosophy7 in the US (2017)
  • Kaiya272 in the US (2017)
  • Kya168 in the US (2017)
  • Kiyah97 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kiya

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

Names about as common as Kiya

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