Kazia

#16,102 in 2025Girls' name

Short form of Kazimiera

Kazia has been given to 336 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #16,102 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1987, with 37 recorded.

Babies named Kazia, 2025

1 in 663,000

Kazia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kazia: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Kazimiera

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kazia means

Kazia is a short form of Kazimiera.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kazia is used in Polish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈka.ʑa/ for Kazia.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kazimiera.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Polish, Kazia is pronounced /ˈka.ʑa/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 336 girls were recorded with the name Kazia between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 37 in 1987; its best national rank was #2,685 in 1987.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kazia?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #16,102; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kazia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kazia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kazias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kazia was born before 1998 — so the typical Kazia is around 27 today.

Median birth year: 1998; About 27 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 28.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 43.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 336; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 28.0% of all recorded uses (94).

Is Kazia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −3,314; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 13.5%; Peak was 1987 (37)
Years since peak: 38; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,685; 1987

Spellings of Kazia

Kazia is not the most common spelling — Maria is, with 24.4% against Kazia's 0.01%.

Maria24.4%566,111
Kayla14.9%346,570
Katie10.4%241,285
Kara4.4%101,743
Aria4.1%95,674
Karla3.9%91,586
Karina2.7%61,464
Kari2.6%59,696

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kazia around the world

Where Kazia ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2015
#5,730
in 2015
Canada
2002–2002
#2,580
in 2002
South Australia
1978–1994
#716
in 1994

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kazia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #16,102
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #2,685; 1987
Peak year: 1987; 37 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 336
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Kazia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kaziah Nazia Kazi Kazue Kaziyah Itzia Kaziya Kazuko Kazlyn Kitzia Luzia Shazia Dazia Tazia Jadzia Kazaria Marzia Kazlynn Venezia Letizia Kezia Ayzia Krizia Azia

Sibling names for Kazia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jaimie Matthew Linsey Racheal Jessika Danyelle Latrice Anthony

For a brother

Elizabeth Derrell Jerod Whitney Garrick Coty Bradly Arron

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