girls:
881 births since 1997
#4835 (15th percentile)
overall:
881 births since 1997
#6858 (11th percentile)
The name Kaiah is the #6,858 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 881 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 11.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,835 (15.4% percentile) for all time with 881 births since 1997.
Kaiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (first recorded for girls in 1997).
For girls, Kaiah reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 6.7% percentile (ranked #873) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 38 births per million (ranked 6.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2005, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Kaiah is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #885 (6.6% percentile) with 38 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaiah".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kaiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.8% confident that Kaiah is pronounced as KAI-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-ee-uh, at 11.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like K AY1 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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