Kaisa
Kaisa is a Finnish and Estonian feminine given name, a diminutive of Katherine and its variants, and may refer to:Kaisa Garedew, Finnish politician Kaisa Hiilelä (1891–1977), Finnish politician Kaisa Korhonen, Finnish writer Kaisa Leka, Finnish artist and politician Kaisa Mäkäräinen, Finnish biathlete Kaisa Miettinen, Finnish mathematician Kaisa Nyberg, Finnish cryptographer Kaisa Pajusalu,…
- Finnish
- Estonian
Meaning & Origin of Kaisa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kaisa is a Finnish and Estonian feminine given name, a diminutive of Katherine and its variants, and may refer to:Kaisa Garedew, Finnish politician Kaisa Hiilelä (1891–1977), Finnish politician Kaisa Korhonen, Finnish writer Kaisa Leka, Finnish artist and politician Kaisa Mäkäräinen, Finnish biathlete Kaisa Miettinen, Finnish mathematician Kaisa Nyberg, Finnish cryptographer Kaisa Pajusalu,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
- Estonian
The Story of Kaisa
Kaisa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1966, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2003: 25 births, good for #4,943 nationwide. About 27% of every Kaisa on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kaisa ranks #8,453 for baby girls with 11 births, falling sharply (-23%). All told, over 705 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kaisa
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About the name Kaisa
Kaisa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1966 and has accumulated 705 births in the dataset. Kaisa's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #4,523. Use the chart and map above to compare Kaisa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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