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Kyah

Girl

Meaning of Kyah: Hopi: 'peaceful'

Kyah is a girl's name most strongly associated with Native American naming. It has 4 letters and 1 syllable, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2753rd most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 4192nd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2753

59 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#4192

5 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

3,141

First recorded 1978 · peak 2002

Trend

falling

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 13 babies1990: 12 babies19901991: 11 babies1992: 11 babies1993: 14 babies1994: 29 babies1995: 29 babies1996: 27 babies1997: 43 babies1998: 40 babies1999: 49 babies2000: 76 babies20002001: 146 babies2002: 165 babies2003: 132 babies2004: 140 babies2005: 113 babies2006: 124 babies2007: 144 babies2008: 115 babies2009: 110 babies2010: 99 babies20102011: 106 babies2012: 129 babies2013: 92 babies2014: 101 babies2015: 105 babies2016: 132 babies2017: 121 babies2018: 116 babies2019: 120 babies2020: 99 babies20202021: 66 babies2022: 72 babies2023: 94 babies2024: 81 babies2025: 59 babies
US babies named Kyah per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 165.

Gender split

1% boys · 99% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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