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How popular is the name Ka?

Births per year, rank history and how many Kas are alive today.

Ka (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2012 (ranked 3416th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 13 babies were given the name, the 1040th most popular that year. Ka is one spelling of a name also recorded as Kah; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Ka you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Kas born in England and Wales are between 21 and 34, and there are at least 220 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ka - on average, only one in every 1,378 such rooms contains a Ka.

How many babies are named Ka each year?

Includes all spellings: Ka, Kah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

051020001996: 131997: 141998: 82000: 112001: 92002: 32003: 32004: 92005: 62006: 32007: 82008: 72009: 32010: 32012: 5actual

Where does the Ka spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020001996: ranked 1,0401997: ranked 1,1741998: ranked 1,4852000: ranked 1,2412001: ranked 1,4672002: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 3,4672004: ranked 1,7322005: ranked 2,4182007: ranked 2,2112008: ranked 2,5072009: ranked 4,5272010: ranked 4,6782012: ranked 3,416

Where does the Kah spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020001997: ranked 2,8592006: ranked 4,052

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Ka per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2012, peaking at about 14 in 1997
Ka: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2012. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Ka most popular?

Ka peaked in 1997, when 14 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Ka?

At least 220 people named Ka in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Ka?

Most living Kas are between 21 and 34; the most common age is about 30.

Is Ka becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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