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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#743366—
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2019#944280—
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2016#858328—
2015#970279—
2014#909298—
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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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1982#1,064135—
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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 2019

  • 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: #604 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,707 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: #751 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,825 girlsMNIllinois: #1,517 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,316 girlsILWisconsin: #853 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,359 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedMINew York: #900 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,994 girlsNYMassachusetts: #600 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,089 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedRIOregon: #488 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,980 girlsORNevada: 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: #1,032 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,764 girlsINOhio: #1,446 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,113 girlsOHPennsylvania: #766 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,157 girlsPANew Jersey: #916 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,016 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #612 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 3,128 girlsCAUtah: #706 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,359 girlsUTColorado: #560 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,443 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: #682 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,180 girlsAZNew 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: 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: #1,179 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,624 girlsGAHawaii: #80 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 277 girlsHITexas: #905 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 5,115 girlsTXFlorida: #905 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,287 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#80 · 1 in 277
  2. Oregon#488 · 1 in 1,980
  3. Colorado#560 · 1 in 2,443
  4. Massachusetts#600 · 1 in 3,089
  5. Washington#604 · 1 in 2,707

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#80101 in 277
Oregon#48871 in 1,980
Colorado#56091 in 2,443
Massachusetts#60081 in 3,089
Washington#604111 in 2,707
California#612591 in 3,128
Arizona#68291 in 3,180
Utah#70651 in 3,359
Minnesota#75161 in 3,825
Pennsylvania#766121 in 4,157
Wisconsin#85351 in 4,359
New York#900171 in 4,994
Florida#905161 in 5,287
Texas#905311 in 5,115
New Jersey#91671 in 5,016
Indiana#1,03251 in 5,764
Georgia#1,17971 in 6,624
Ohio#1,44651 in 10,113
Illinois#1,51751 in 10,316
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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 2019

girls
#944
280 births · 1 in 5,994 girls

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #944Kiana280
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 5,994 of them was named Kiana, which outranked 94.8% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiana
  1. #939Micah281
  2. #939Patricia281
  3. #939Whitley281
  4. #944Kiana280
  5. #944Kathleen280
  6. #944Tatiana280
  7. #947Keily279
  8. #947Sevyn279
  9. #947Tenley279

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

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,081Amoura#2,059 → #978
  2. ↑ 553Theodora#1,406 → #853
  3. ↑ 456Navy#1,269 → #813
  4. ↑ 415Emani#1,371 → #956
  5. ↑ 403Yaritza#1,216 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 451Emmarie#990 → #1,441
  2. ↓ 368Saniyah#934 → #1,302
  3. ↓ 252Tatiana#692 → #944
  4. ↓ 229Zhavia#879 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 219Jayden#979 → #1,198

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

See the top 100 for 2019 →