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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #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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2025#743366—
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2019#944280—
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2017#925286—
2016#858328—
2015#970279—
2014#909298—
2013#794343—
2012#746373—
2011#628455—
2010#582504—
2009#541558—
2008#472674—
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2005#382817—
2004#363871—
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—
1993#358712—
1992#402633—
1991#655333—
1990#758272—
1989#816232#5,6158
1988#1,014161—
1987#1,156127—
1986#1,047144—
1985#987154—
1984#1,021139—
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1982#1,064135—
1981#1,093127—
1980#1,059134—
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1976#1,42274—
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 2016

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedAKMaine: 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: #493 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,296 girlsWAIdaho: #377 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,287 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #873 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,908 girlsMNIllinois: #1,607 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,525 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,115 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,012 girlsMINew York: #923 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,285 girlsNYMassachusetts: #442 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,123 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedORNevada: #410 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,594 girlsNVWyoming: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedINOhio: #1,463 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,413 girlsOHPennsylvania: #823 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,714 girlsPANew Jersey: #838 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,572 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #479 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 2,454 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedUTColorado: #790 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,927 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedDEArizona: #637 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,094 girlsAZNew Mexico: #375 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,267 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedARTennessee: #844 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,434 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedNCSouth 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: #1,319 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,008 girlsGAHawaii: #49 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 208 girlsHITexas: #1,127 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 7,274 girlsTXFlorida: #755 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,129 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#49 · 1 in 208
  2. New Mexico#375 · 1 in 1,267
  3. Idaho#377 · 1 in 1,287
  4. Nevada#410 · 1 in 1,594
  5. Massachusetts#442 · 1 in 2,123

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#49151 in 208
New Mexico#37551 in 1,267
Idaho#37751 in 1,287
Nevada#41071 in 1,594
Massachusetts#442121 in 2,123
California#479831 in 2,454
Washington#493141 in 2,296
Arizona#637101 in 3,094
Florida#755211 in 4,129
Colorado#79061 in 3,927
Pennsylvania#823111 in 4,714
New Jersey#83881 in 4,572
Tennessee#84471 in 4,434
Minnesota#87351 in 4,908
New York#923171 in 5,285
Michigan#1,11561 in 7,012
Texas#1,127231 in 7,274
Georgia#1,31961 in 8,008
Ohio#1,46351 in 10,413
Illinois#1,60751 in 11,525
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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 2016

girls
#858
328 births · 1 in 5,403 girls

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #858Kiana328
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 5,403 of them was named Kiana, which outranked 95.5% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiana
  1. #854Naya330
  2. #856Barbara329
  3. #856Casey329
  4. #858Kiana328
  5. #858Karlie328
  6. #858Wendy328
  7. #861Aya327
  8. #861Landry327
  9. #863Kenya326

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

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

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

See the top 100 for 2016 →