How Many People Are Named Caya?
An estimated 189 people in the United States have the first name Caya. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Caya peaked in popularity in 2004 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Caya as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Caya paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
189
About 1 in 1,813,515 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2004
18 births
Total Registered
192
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Caya
Caya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 192 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Caya as a female name
Ranked #13,773 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 2004 (18 births)
Caya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Caya span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 94 babies were registered. While Caya is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Caya by Decade
How has Caya tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Caya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Caya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Caya
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Caya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Caya?
We estimate approximately 189 people named Caya are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,813,515 Americans share this first name.
Is Caya a common name?
Caya is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 192 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Caya most popular?
Caya reached peak popularity in 2004, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Caya is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Caya a female name?
Caya is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Caya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Caya Smith, Caya Johnson, Caya Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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