Kaiya
Kaiya is a genus of Australian large-clawed spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster, Norman I. Platnick & Michael R. Gray in 1987.
Meaning & Origin of Kaiya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kaiya is a genus of Australian large-clawed spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster, Norman I. Platnick & Michael R. Gray in 1987.
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The Story of Kaiya
Kaiya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1974, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2002, when 389 Kaiyas were born — ranking #650 that year. As of 2026, Kaiya ranks #801 for baby girls with 347 births, rising sharply (+22% over the past five years). In total, more than 9K Kaiyas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Kaiya
Kaiya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Kaiya's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #650. Use the chart and map above to compare Kaiya'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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