Hawaiian · girl

Kaia

A gentle name climbing in the U.S. right now.

Rank 2024

#180

Trend

rising

Band

balanced

Styles

short · modern

Meaning

The sea; also pure

Kaia is a balanced girl name with Hawaiian roots. In 2024, 1,675 newborns in the U.S. were given the name — ranking it #180 nationally, and it has been climbing in recent years. Its style leans short, modern — tags you can match against your partner's picks in the combiner.

shortmodern

About Hawaiian names

Hawaiian names flow from a language of just a handful of consonants and open vowels, which is why they sound like water — Leilani, Kai, Noelani. Traditionally a name was a serious gift, sometimes given by elders or received in dreams, and meanings lean on the natural world: sea, sky, flowers, heaven. Even short Hawaiian names tend to hold whole images.

Meaning and origin are editorial; U.S. popularity comes from Social Security Administration public files.

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