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
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 1,585 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 26,694since 1962
Kiana over time
Rank among girls' names. Kiana has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #743 | 366 | — | |
| 2024 | #720 | 391 | — | |
| 2023 | #723 | 388 | — | |
| 2022 | #754 | 382 | — | |
| 2021 | #783 | 362 | — | |
| 2020 | #898 | 294 | — | |
| 2019 | #944 | 280 | — | |
| 2018 | #879 | 307 | — | |
| 2017 | #925 | 286 | — | |
| 2016 | #858 | 328 | — | |
| 2015 | #970 | 279 | — | |
| 2014 | #909 | 298 | — | |
| 2013 | #794 | 343 | — | |
| 2012 | #746 | 373 | — | |
| 2011 | #628 | 455 | — | |
| 2010 | #582 | 504 | — | |
| 2009 | #541 | 558 | — | |
| 2008 | #472 | 674 | — | |
| 2007 | #435 | 742 | — | |
| 2006 | #400 | 801 | — | |
| 2005 | #382 | 817 | — | |
| 2004 | #363 | 871 | — | |
| 2003 | #331 | 949 | — | |
| 2002 | #299 | 1,042 | — | |
| 2001 | #327 | 948 | — | |
| 2000 | #276 | 1,166 | — | |
| 1999 | #244 | 1,293 | — | |
| 1998 | #226 | 1,371 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #198 | 1,507 | — | |
| 1996 | #190 | 1,585 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #192 | 1,534 | — | |
| 1994 | #249 | 1,117 | — | |
| 1993 | #358 | 712 | — | |
| 1992 | #402 | 633 | — | |
| 1991 | #655 | 333 | — | |
| 1990 | #758 | 272 | — | |
| 1989 | #816 | 232 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #1,014 | 161 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,156 | 127 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,047 | 144 | — | |
| 1985 | #987 | 154 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,021 | 139 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,015 | 139 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,064 | 135 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,093 | 127 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,059 | 134 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,061 | 130 | — | |
| 1978 | #994 | 138 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,153 | 109 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,422 | 74 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,561 | 64 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,100 | 39 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
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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 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#11 · 1 in 80
- Alaska#66 · 1 in 211
- New Mexico#96 · 1 in 376
- North Dakota#110 · 1 in 355
- Rhode Island#121 · 1 in 418
Best ever in a state: #5 in Hawaii, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #11 | 47 | 1 in 80 |
| Alaska | #66 | 12 | 1 in 211 |
| New Mexico | #96 | 22 | 1 in 376 |
| North Dakota | #110 | 8 | 1 in 355 |
| Delaware | #121 | 7 | 1 in 433 |
| Rhode Island | #121 | 10 | 1 in 418 |
| Washington | #133 | 49 | 1 in 584 |
| Connecticut | #139 | 27 | 1 in 572 |
| Mississippi | #139 | 20 | 1 in 576 |
| South Dakota | #141 | 6 | 1 in 507 |
| New Jersey | #159 | 55 | 1 in 759 |
| Arizona | #160 | 41 | 1 in 685 |
| Maryland | #162 | 29 | 1 in 815 |
| Virginia | #165 | 43 | 1 in 773 |
| Florida | #167 | 87 | 1 in 843 |
| Maine | #169 | 7 | 1 in 654 |
| New York | #176 | 115 | 1 in 878 |
| North Carolina | #184 | 44 | 1 in 910 |
| West Virginia | #188 | 8 | 1 in 917 |
| California | #189 | 247 | 1 in 902 |
| Massachusetts | #189 | 35 | 1 in 909 |
| Colorado | #196 | 24 | 1 in 873 |
| South Carolina | #201 | 17 | 1 in 947 |
| Georgia | #208 | 40 | 1 in 1,069 |
| New Hampshire | #211 | 5 | 1 in 983 |
| Wisconsin | #216 | 22 | 1 in 1,138 |
| District of Columbia | #218 | 5 | 1 in 692 |
| Missouri | #219 | 25 | 1 in 1,181 |
| Alabama | #221 | 18 | 1 in 1,152 |
| Texas | #233 | 116 | 1 in 1,206 |
| Kansas | #237 | 11 | 1 in 1,131 |
| Oregon | #242 | 15 | 1 in 1,076 |
| Nevada | #246 | 8 | 1 in 1,068 |
| Illinois | #248 | 53 | 1 in 1,319 |
| Tennessee | #255 | 21 | 1 in 1,400 |
| Utah | #256 | 13 | 1 in 1,199 |
| Pennsylvania | #259 | 40 | 1 in 1,457 |
| Idaho | #280 | 5 | 1 in 1,111 |
| Kentucky | #283 | 12 | 1 in 1,647 |
| Iowa | #284 | 9 | 1 in 1,525 |
| Oklahoma | #290 | 12 | 1 in 1,402 |
| Indiana | #308 | 18 | 1 in 1,822 |
| Ohio | #323 | 31 | 1 in 1,995 |
| Arkansas | #325 | 7 | 1 in 1,640 |
| Nebraska | #326 | 5 | 1 in 1,645 |
| Louisiana | #327 | 13 | 1 in 1,665 |
| Minnesota | #363 | 12 | 1 in 2,081 |
| Michigan | #384 | 22 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1996 at #190 (1,585 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1989–2025
- 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%)
- 38.8% of all girls named Kiana (10,357) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28 | #3,801 (1963) | #5,941 |
| 1970s | 613 | #994 (1978) | #2,513 |
| 1980s | 1,492 | #816 (1989) | #1,027 |
| 1990s | 10,357 | #190 (1996) | #347 |
| 2000s | 8,568 | #276 (2000) | #383 |
| 2010s | 3,453 | #582 (2010) | #824 |
| 2020s | 2,183 | #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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 1,155 of them was named Kiana, which outranked 98.8% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.