Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Kia

Gender

Female

Origin

African
hill

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Kia

Pronunciation

kia

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1993 (rank #4446, 13 births); most recent 2024 (rank #10889, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1993 (rank #647, 344 births); most recent 2025 (rank #8362, 12 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–12
202467
202355
2022521
2021–10
2020–17
2019–14
2018516
2017514
2016621

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1999 (rank #1027, 14 births); most recent 2016 (rank #4805, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2001 (rank #266, 147 births); most recent 2024 (rank #5890, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025––
2024–3
2023––
2022–4
2021––
2020–5
2019–4
2018–6
2017–4
201639

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1983 (rank #1606, 7 births); most recent 2005 (rank #4158, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2004 (rank #576, 4 births); most recent 2006 (rank #764, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2007 (rank #437, 7 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1991 (rank #415, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence