Kaya

“Rock” — Turkish origin

Girl's name · #1133 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Kaya's best rank, #540, came in 2003; it has settled back to #1133 today. Roughly 10,000 girls have been named Kaya since 1968. Together with its spelling variants Kaia (#193) and Kaiya (#994), Kaya would rank around #141 with about 2,100 births last year — the newborns split about 78/12/10 across Kaia, Kaiya, and Kaya.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,000 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 3,600 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 3,900 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 23 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Kayas

Kaya Scodelario — British actress
Kaya Kiyohara — Japanese actress
Kaya Jones — American pop singer, glamour model and actress
Kaya Turski — Canadian freestyle skier
Kaya Okuno — Japanese seiyū

In stories & tradition

Kaya no hime — kami
Kaya Kuguri — Yowayowa Sensei
Kaya — Princess Connect! Re:Dive

What Kayas become

Among 145 notable people named Kaya:

Entertainers appear 2.36× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kaya Scodelario, British actress.

Similar names: Kaiya · Jazmyn · Kai · Taya · Kianna · Aliya

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