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Kaya

Kaya means "Turkish, rock" and comes from Turkish, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2000s. In the current registry, it is uncommon enough to feel personal. Across the twelve decades this registry covers, it appears in 6 of them.

TurkishTurkish – "rock"
EtymologyAlso popularly glossed as "elder sister" or "peaceful"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
12
1970s
96
1980s
218
1990s
1,066
2000s
4,756
2010s
2,708
Peaked in the 2000s · 8,856 total U.S. births since 1900