Given name
Kaiya
“a forgiving woman”
Kaiya is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “a forgiving woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “a forgiving woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kaiya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,620
- 33 boys · 8,587 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 404 babies
- 2025
- 255
- #994 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 255 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 994 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 9.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 389 in 2002. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (42). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,212 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kaiya’s family of names
Kaiya has a related form in Kaeya. Kaiya has a related form in Kaeyo. Kaiya has a related form in Kaiyo.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kaiya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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