Fun Facts About the Name Kaira
- More than 3 thousand babies named Kaira: U.S. records list 3,335 babies given the name Kaira from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kaira Mean?
Kaira is usually treated in English as a spelling variant of Kira or Kyra. Those names go back to the Greek word kyra (κυρά), meaning "lady" or "mistress," the feminine form of kyrios, "lord" or "master." The literal sense is a woman of standing or authority, and the customary one-word meaning given for the name is "lady." The ai spelling is a later English reshaping rather than an ancient Greek form.
The name is also used in South Asia, where some instances likely represent a different name altogether: Arabic khayra (خيرة), the feminine of khayr, "good," meaning a good or virtuous woman. Whether a particular Kaira belongs to that Arabic name, to the Kira and Kyra line, or to an independent coinage is often not clear. Kaira is not the same name as the Irish Ciara, which comes from ciar, "dark," and is pronounced differently.
Kaira Name History & Origins
In later Greek, kyra served as a respectful term and form of address for a woman, and it is the source of the given name Kyra. The Russian name Кира (Kira) is often connected with the same Greek root and is used as a woman's given name in Russia and other Slavic-speaking countries; it is sometimes linked instead to the name Cyrus, so its derivation is not fully settled.
The spelling Kaira is a later variant of these names. It appears in English-speaking countries as an alternative to Kira and Kyra, and it is also used in South Asia, where it may belong to a separately derived Arabic name. Because one spelling serves more than one name, the background of any single Kaira is difficult to trace with confidence.
How Popular is the Name Kaira?
Kaira has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #1,252 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,424 | 152 | 0.0095% |
| 2024 | #1,253 | 185 | 0.0115% |
| 2023 | #1,317 | 172 | 0.0107% |
| 2022 | #1,469 | 150 | 0.0092% |
| 2021 | #1,330 | 169 | 0.0103% |
| 2020 | #1,497 | 143 | 0.0089% |
| 2019 | #1,252 | 186 | 0.0111% |
| 2018 | #1,430 | 155 | 0.0091% |
| 2017 | #1,520 | 146 | 0.0085% |
| 2016 | #1,937 | 104 | 0.0059% |
| 2015 | #2,118 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 2014 | #2,317 | 80 | 0.0045% |
| 2013 | #2,582 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 2012 | #2,845 | 61 | 0.0035% |
| 2011 | #2,852 | 61 | 0.0035% |
| 2010 | #2,953 | 58 | 0.0033% |
| 2009 | #2,299 | 85 | 0.0046% |
| 2008 | #2,085 | 98 | 0.0052% |
| 2007 | #2,445 | 77 | 0.0040% |
| 2006 | #2,172 | 89 | 0.0047% |
| 2005 | #2,288 | 79 | 0.0043% |
| 2004 | #2,906 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 2003 | #2,428 | 68 | 0.0037% |
| 2002 | #2,365 | 68 | 0.0038% |
| 2001 | #2,753 | 54 | 0.0030% |
| 2000 | #2,114 | 77 | 0.0042% |
| 1999 | #1,906 | 83 | 0.0047% |
| 1998 | #2,816 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 1997 | #3,259 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 1996 | #2,871 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1995 | #2,994 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1994 | #3,483 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1993 | #2,695 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 1992 | #4,140 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1991 | #3,011 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 1990 | #3,469 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 1989 | #2,730 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 1988 | #5,736 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1987 | #6,092 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1986 | #5,300 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1985 | #5,179 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1984 | #5,341 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1983 | #6,969 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #8,635 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #11,127 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #6,504 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #7,598 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #8,005 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #7,895 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #7,501 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #4,847 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1970 | #8,580 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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