The baby name Kaya is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KAY-uh (/ˈkeɪə/),KAH-yah (/ˈkɑːjə/),KYE-uh (/ˈkaɪə/).
Kaya is Japanese, Scandinavian, Turkish in Origin.
The baby name Kaya is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KAY-uh (/ˈkeɪə/),KAH-yah (/ˈkɑːjə/),KYE-uh (/ˈkaɪə/).
Kaya is Japanese, Scandinavian, Turkish in Origin.
Kaya is a multicultural given name with several independent roots. In Turkish, kaya means “rock, cliff,” giving the name a sturdy, nature-linked sense and long use as a surname and unisex given name. In Japanese, it can be written with kanji such as 榧 “kaya tree” (Torreya) or 茅 “miscanthus/reed,” yielding varied nuances. Hebrew usage treats Kaya as a modern spelling of Chaya, “life.” In South Asia, Sanskrit kāyā denotes “body, form,” informing Indian-language use.
International usage expanded in the late 20th century; in Northern Europe and the Baltics it overlaps with Kaia/Kaja, linked either to Katarina/Katherine (“pure”) or, in Estonian, to kaja “echo.” Awareness in the United States rose after the 2002 American Girl character Kaya of the Nez Perce. Variants and related forms include Kaia, Kaja, Caia, Khaya, and Chaya; nicknames may be Kay or Kai.
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Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2024 | #1 | — | 911 |
| Ireland | Boys | 2011 | #1 | — | 779 |
| FJ | Girls | 0 | #9 | 1 | 583 |
| MV | Girls | 0 | #35 | 1 | 2,021 |
| TM | Girls | 0 | #35 | 1 | 574 |
| MT | 0 | #41 | 3 | 1,767 | |
| MO | 0 | #52 | 1 | 2,706 | |
| JP | 0 | #76 | 2 | 4,057 | |
| SI | 0 | #80 | 1 | 1,612 | |
| JM | 0 | #93 | 1 | 3,714 | |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #102 | 1 | 3,319 |
| SD | 0 | #102 | 1 | 2,130 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #113 | 2 | 5,459 |
| Norway | Girls | 2024 | #117 | 5 | 444 |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #119 | 17 | 1,786 |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #125 | 1 | 3,755 |
| IQ | 0 | #132 | 2 | 3,533 | |
| RS | Girls | 0 | #132 | 6 | 1,651 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #133 | 19 | 3,773 |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #135 | 3 | 1,769 |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #139 | 1 | 6,332 |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #142 | 1 | 1,888 |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #151 | 1 | 4,216 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #175 | 3 | 2,769 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #177 | 3 | 1,568 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2021 | #181 | 3 | 1,578 |
| HR | 0 | #181 | 1 | 2,081 | |
| CZ | 0 | #183 | 4 | 3,154 | |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #190 | 1 | 4,850 |
| RU | 0 | #191 | 4 | 3,641 | |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| PL | 0 | #210 | 3 | 2,600 | |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #216 | 2 | 4,575 |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #219 | 2 | 3,850 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #227 | 5 | 3,559 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #227 | 19 | 6,592 |
| IR | 0 | #228 | 4 | 4,221 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #233 | 2 | 5,842 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #236 | 2 | 7,146 |
| BD | 0 | #239 | 3 | 5,992 | |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #246 | 1 | 3,322 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #247 | 3 | 6,293 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #248 | 38 | 2,795 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #250 | 10 | 7,507 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #252 | 2 | 6,830 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #258 | 1 | 3,650 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #258 | 6 | 7,056 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #271 | 3 | 6,912 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #273 | 2 | 3,535 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #287 | 8 | 3,687 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #287 | 3 | 8,139 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #294 | 3 | 6,578 |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #299 | 8 | 2,588 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #299 | 18 | 7,429 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #300 | 6 | 6,530 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #326 | 7 | 7,401 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #327 | 5 | 9,639 |
| TR | 0 | #327 | 5,480 | 19,440 | |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #328 | 5 | 5,862 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #333 | 7 | 7,570 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #337 | 13 | 8,829 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #338 | 6 | 15,378 |
| HK | 0 | #339 | 10 | 8,483 | |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #339 | 16 | 5,096 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #339 | 2 | 6,459 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #344 | 8 | 5,378 |
| MY | 0 | #353 | 2 | 12,352 | |
| BR | 0 | #360 | 1 | 5,969 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #360 | 2 | 8,138 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #361 | 2 | 8,539 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #366 | 4 | 8,477 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #367 | 20 | 8,413 |
| NL | 0 | #377 | 15 | 2,481 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #379 | 3 | 7,951 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #384 | 13 | 15,987 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #391 | 15 | 3,185 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #399 | 44 | 2,180 |
| Germany | 0 | #406 | 32 | 2,542 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #410 | 11 | 1,885 |
| France | Boys | 2012 | #412 | 3 | 2,840 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #427 | 3 | 13,098 |
| ZA | 0 | #433 | 15 | 14,421 | |
| CL | 0 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| MX | 0 | #442 | 4 | 8,339 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #459 | 8 | 10,523 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #465 | 34 | 11,913 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #467 | 5 | 7,952 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #488 | 17 | 11,303 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #513 | 11 | 10,981 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #522 | 5 | 12,621 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #530 | 11 | 11,671 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #539 | 12 | 12,054 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #541 | 5 | 8,334 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #542 | 12 | 20,968 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #542 | 11 | 10,162 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #549 | 9 | 12,905 |
| LY | 0 | #555 | 5 | 12,703 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #558 | 4 | 19,177 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #559 | 3 | 10,655 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #567 | 7 | 11,342 |
| BH | 0 | #582 | 6 | 17,937 | |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #584 | 32 | 16,104 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #596 | 72 | 13,071 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #598 | 20 | 11,648 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #599 | 7 | 10,045 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #611 | 21 | 13,121 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #623 | 3 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #624 | 9 | 18,916 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #629 | 2 | 8,289 |
| LB | 0 | #645 | 14 | 13,263 | |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #649 | 3 | 9,488 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #650 | 268 | 8,487 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #675 | 8 | 3,552 |
| IT | 0 | #705 | 10 | 4,183 | |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #724 | 15 | 3,895 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #731 | 9 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #735 | 9 | 18,093 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #742 | 97 | 4,949 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #759 | 11 | 18,755 |
| SY | 0 | #763 | 5 | 11,684 | |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #773 | 180 | 5,697 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #801 | 151 | 5,873 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #811 | 145 | 5,933 |
| TN | 0 | #816 | 14 | 13,765 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #823 | 4 | 15,093 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #861 | 21 | 17,948 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #875 | 18 | 7,044 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #912 | 4 | 14,098 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #917 | 19 | 25,931 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #922 | 4 | 15,035 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #949 | 231 | 25,619 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #950 | 10 | 14,742 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #966 | 29 | 24,821 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #988 | 5 | 12,708 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #995 | 7 | 16,906 |
| MA | 0 | #1,005 | 124 | 20,986 | |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,006 | 5 | 14,861 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 8 | 16,750 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,053 | 124 | 20,130 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,061 | 51 | 25,439 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,063 | 16 | 16,140 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,063 | 79 | 25,928 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,079 | 14 | 22,615 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,160 | 24 | 17,781 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,402 | 45 | 9,415 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,453 | 19 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,567 | 48 | 28,008 |
Kaya is popular in 82 countries — most recent births per country:
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