How Many People Are Named Kayna?
An estimated 255 people in the United States have the first name Kayna. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Kayna peaked in popularity in 1996 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kayna 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 Kayna paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
255
About 1 in 1,344,135 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
1996
17 births
Total Registered
260
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kayna
Kayna is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 260 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kayna as a female name
Ranked #16,367 in 2023
5 female births in 2023
Peak: 1996 (17 births)
Kayna: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kayna span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 86 babies were registered. Kayna has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kayna by Decade
How has Kayna 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.
Kayna + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kayna as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kayna
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kayna: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kayna?
We estimate approximately 255 people named Kayna 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 1,344,135 Americans share this first name.
Is Kayna a common name?
Kayna is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 260 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kayna most popular?
Kayna reached peak popularity in 1996, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kayna is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kayna a female name?
Kayna is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kayna Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kayna Smith, Kayna Johnson, Kayna 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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