Kaya
Meaning
rock; already an established Western name (used across Scandinavia and the English-speaking world), and independently a real Japanese given name written with characters like 佳耶 or 香耶
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kaya peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
215 people · the #24,146 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 11
Among people named Kaya living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 45 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Kaya
Most people given the name Kaya in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Kaya deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Kaya truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Kaya fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Kaya travels
Turkish · rock (shared sound with Japanese and Scandinavian Kaya)
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