girl's name

Kiana

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 31,880

the United States

#743

2025 births

Kiana is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 366 babies in the United States, ranking #743. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Peaked in 1996, when 1,591 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 9,058 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1962.

Kiana over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

10,368
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Kiana by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 28
1970s 613
1980s 1,500
1990s 10,368
2000s 8,568
2010s 3,453
2020s (to 2025) 2,183

How popular is Kiana?

In 2025, Kiana was given to 366 babies in the United States, ranking #743 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Kiana is used

Canada #324 94 in 2024
Northern Ireland #364 4 in 2024
England & Wales #568 70 in 2025
United States #743 366 in 2025
Ireland #782 4 in 2024
Scotland #844 3 in 2024
France #925 40 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Kiana is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Kïana Kïana is a rare spelling of Kiana, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 10 times, mostly in France. 10

Names that peaked alongside Kiana

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kiana also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kiana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kiana

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kiana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kiana

How popular is the name Kiana?

In 2025, Kiana was given to 366 babies in the United States, ranking #743 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Kiana a girl's or a boy's name?

Kiana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Kiana most popular?

Kiana peaked in 1996, when 1,591 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Kiana a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kiana currently ranks #324 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.