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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #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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2016#858328—
2015#970279—
2014#909298—
2013#794343—
2012#746373—
2011#628455—
2010#582504—
2009#541558—
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2003#331949—
2002#2991,042—
2001#327948—
2000#2761,166—
1999#2441,293—
1998#2261,371#9,6315
1997#1981,507—
1996#1901,585#7,9716
1995#1921,534—
1994#2491,117—
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1992#402633—
1991#655333—
1990#758272—
1989#816232#5,6158
1988#1,014161—
1987#1,156127—
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1985#987154—
1984#1,021139—
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1975#1,56164—
1974#2,10039—
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1972#3,89415—
1971#5,5439—
1970#4,49212—
1969#6,6176—
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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 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #139 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 390 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: #295 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,254 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedIDMontana: #204 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 590 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #367 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,653 girlsMNIllinois: #899 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,270 girlsILWisconsin: #599 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,064 girlsWIMichigan: #883 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,343 girlsMINew York: #531 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,787 girlsNYMassachusetts: #498 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,625 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedRIOregon: #313 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,203 girlsORNevada: #290 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,146 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedSDIowa: #577 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,645 girlsIAIndiana: #580 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,882 girlsINOhio: #657 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,630 girlsOHPennsylvania: #537 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,875 girlsPANew Jersey: #649 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,484 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #345 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 1,789 girlsCAUtah: #390 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,731 girlsUTColorado: #431 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,834 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedNEMissouri: #821 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,668 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedWVVirginia: #810 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,587 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedDEArizona: #379 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,676 girlsAZNew Mexico: #287 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,002 girlsNMKansas: #521 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,293 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedARTennessee: #723 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,815 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,218 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,736 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedDCOklahoma: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedALGeorgia: #934 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,072 girlsGAHawaii: #33 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 168 girlsHITexas: #685 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 3,788 girlsTXFlorida: #527 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 2,744 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#33 · 1 in 168
  2. Alaska#139 · 1 in 390
  3. Montana#204 · 1 in 590
  4. New Mexico#287 · 1 in 1,002
  5. Nevada#290 · 1 in 1,146

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#33201 in 168
Alaska#13961 in 390
Montana#20451 in 590
New Mexico#28781 in 1,002
Nevada#290101 in 1,146
Washington#295251 in 1,254
Oregon#313131 in 1,203
California#3451221 in 1,789
Minnesota#367151 in 1,653
Arizona#379201 in 1,676
Utah#390111 in 1,731
Colorado#431131 in 1,834
Massachusetts#498101 in 2,625
Kansas#52161 in 2,293
Florida#527301 in 2,744
New York#531341 in 2,787
Pennsylvania#537191 in 2,875
Iowa#57751 in 2,645
Indiana#580111 in 2,882
Wisconsin#59981 in 3,064
New Jersey#649111 in 3,484
Ohio#657151 in 3,630
Texas#685441 in 3,788
Tennessee#72381 in 3,815
Virginia#81081 in 4,587
Missouri#82161 in 4,668
Michigan#88381 in 5,343
Illinois#899121 in 5,270
Georgia#934101 in 5,072
North Carolina#1,21861 in 7,736
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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 2009

girls
#541
558 births · 1 in 3,292 girls

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #541Kiana558
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 3,292 of them was named Kiana, which outranked 97.3% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiana
  1. #537Skyla561
  2. #539Jaden560
  3. #540Myla559
  4. #541Kiana558
  5. #542Anne557
  6. #542Jaelynn557
  7. #542Madalynn557
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →