How Many People Are Named Kyia?
An estimated 1,024 people in the United States have the first name Kyia. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Kyia peaked in popularity in 2002 with 64 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kyia 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 Kyia paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,024
About 1 in 334,721 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
2002
64 births
Total Registered
1,045
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kyia
Kyia is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,045 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kyia as a female name
Ranked #10,680 in 2024
9 female births in 2024
Peak: 2002 (64 births)
Kyia: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kyia span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 443 babies were registered. Kyia has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kyia by Decade
How has Kyia 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.
Kyia by State
Birth registrations for Kyia span all 8 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Illinois, Tennessee, California. The lowest are in Virginia, New York, Michigan. On average, about 7 Kyias were registered per state.
Kyia + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kyia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kyia
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kyia: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kyia?
We estimate approximately 1,024 people named Kyia 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 334,721 Americans share this first name.
Is Kyia a common name?
Kyia is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,045 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kyia most popular?
Kyia reached peak popularity in 2002, when 64 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kyia is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kyia a female name?
Kyia is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kyia Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kyia Smith, Kyia Johnson, Kyia 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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