Kiyah

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kiə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kiyah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 194K(measured from records)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 832K
  • GHGhana≈1 in 1.1M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,717 people, 2020

Sources
162 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 194K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kiyah counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kiyah is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,7171 in 194K1.7KKiyah162
NG Nigeria≈47 est.≈1 in 4.5M—Kiyah10
AU Australia≈31 est.≈1 in 832K1Kiyah23
GB United Kingdom≈27 est.≈1 in 2.4MlistedKiyah38
GH Ghana≈26 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Kiyah3
CA Canada≈9 est.≈1 in 4.2M8Kiyah9

1,717 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register; the ca-statcan-baby-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kiyah is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France

    Also written Kïyah

  • Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Kiyãh

  • Thai surname87 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, Türkiye, United States, India

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written กียะ, Kaya, กายา, กายะ, ก๋ายะ

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Kiyah,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Kiyah
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.7K#8,441
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2002111—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2012104—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2015103—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200699—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201797—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201696—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201496—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201096—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201393—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200793—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200593—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Kiyah?
A machine transcription gives /kiə/ (IPA) for English.
Is Kiyah a male or female name?
Kiyah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Kiyah have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.7 thousand people named Kiyah, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kiyah.
Where is Kiyah most common?
Kiyah is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 194 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Kiyah?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,717 people named Kiyah in 2020, about 1 in 194 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kiyah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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