Given name & surname
Caya
Caya is a surname from French. It is used in English and Asturian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Asturian usage, Caya is a diminutive of Acadia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 192
- 0 boys · 192 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 223 as a first name in 2020; 635 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Caya’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Caya is a diminutive of Acadia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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