Kiana

#743 for girls in 2025, 366 births · Last seen for boys in 1998 at #9,631
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1996 · 1,585 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
26,694
since 1962

Kiana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kiana has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #190, 1996girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2000#2761,166—
1999#2441,293—
1998#2261,371#9,6315
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1996#1901,585#7,9716
1995#1921,534—
1994#2491,117—
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1990#758272—
1989#816232#5,6158
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First appearance
1962

The first year at least five girls were named Kiana! It came in at #6,578, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1964–1968, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kiana is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #153 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 558 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedNHWashington: #556 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,867 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedMNIllinois: #650 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,169 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedWIMichigan: #807 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,549 girlsMINew York: #523 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 3,719 girlsNYMassachusetts: #545 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,539 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedIAIndiana: #615 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,975 girlsINOhio: #680 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,380 girlsOHPennsylvania: #403 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,840 girlsPANew Jersey: #442 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,112 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #793 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 6,379 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedUTColorado: #594 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,165 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedWVVirginia: #427 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,074 girlsVAMaryland: #405 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,762 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #564 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,428 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #475 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,212 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #193 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 733 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedMSAlabama: #579 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,414 girlsALGeorgia: #488 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,488 girlsGAHawaii: #61 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 252 girlsHITexas: #1,351 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 13,640 girlsTXFlorida: #833 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,941 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#61 · 1 in 252
  2. Alaska#153 · 1 in 558
  3. District of Columbia#193 · 1 in 733
  4. Pennsylvania#403 · 1 in 2,840
  5. Maryland#405 · 1 in 2,762

Best ever in a state: #5 in Hawaii, 2000.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#61201 in 252
Alaska#15361 in 558
District of Columbia#19381 in 733
Pennsylvania#403251 in 2,840
Maryland#405101 in 2,762
Virginia#427121 in 3,074
New Jersey#442151 in 3,112
South Carolina#47561 in 3,212
Georgia#488121 in 3,488
New York#523321 in 3,719
Massachusetts#54581 in 4,539
Washington#55681 in 3,867
North Carolina#56491 in 4,428
Alabama#57951 in 4,414
Colorado#59451 in 4,165
Indiana#61571 in 4,975
Illinois#650151 in 5,169
Ohio#680111 in 6,380
California#793411 in 6,379
Michigan#80781 in 7,549
Florida#833111 in 6,941
Texas#1,351101 in 13,640
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kiana
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#720 → #743)
  • 155 spots since 2020 (#898 → #743)
  • 227 spots since 2015 (#970 → #743)
  • Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1992 (#655 → #402)
  • Biggest drop: 118 spots in 2012 (#628 → #746)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1962
  • Peaked 1996 at #190 (1,585 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1989–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,106
  • Highest: 1 in 1,106 girls born in 1996 were named Kiana (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,391 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 38.8% of all girls named Kiana (10,357) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s28#3,801 (1963)#5,941
1970s613#994 (1978)#2,513
1980s1,492#816 (1989)#1,027
1990s10,357#190 (1996)#347
2000s8,568#276 (2000)#383
2010s3,453#582 (2010)#824
2020s2,183#720 (2024)#770

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kiana in 1991

girls
#655
333 births · 1 in 5,631 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #655Kiana333
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 5,631 of them was named Kiana, which outranked 95.8% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiana
  1. #651Jesse338
  2. #651Racheal338
  3. #654Hallie334
  4. #655Kiana333
  5. #655Dayna333
  6. #655Demi333
  7. #655Dianna333
  8. #659Arlene332
  9. #659Gladys332
  10. #659Kaci332

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →