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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #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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2017#925286—
2016#858328—
2015#970279—
2014#909298—
2013#794343—
2012#746373—
2011#628455—
2010#582504—
2009#541558—
2008#472674—
2007#435742—
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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—
1983#1,015139—
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 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedAKMaine: #183 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 750 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedNHWashington: #167 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 734 girlsWAIdaho: #231 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 868 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #120 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 403 girlsNDMinnesota: #243 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,221 girlsMNIllinois: #622 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,958 girlsILWisconsin: #313 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,593 girlsWIMichigan: #406 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,365 girlsMINew York: #261 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 1,435 girlsNYMassachusetts: #192 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 924 girlsMARhode Island: #197 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 760 girlsRIOregon: #246 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,029 girlsORNevada: #171 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 634 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #173 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 575 girlsSDIowa: #415 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,363 girlsIAIndiana: #409 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,379 girlsINOhio: #364 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,214 girlsOHPennsylvania: #331 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,873 girlsPANew Jersey: #271 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,491 girlsNJConnecticut: #178 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 798 girlsCTCalifornia: #220 for girls · 202 births · 1 in 1,108 girlsCAUtah: #202 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 812 girlsUTColorado: #240 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,003 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedNEMissouri: #607 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,204 girlsMOKentucky: #299 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,705 girlsKYWest Virginia: #297 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,454 girlsWVVirginia: #310 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,615 girlsVAMaryland: #276 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,367 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedDEArizona: #256 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,141 girlsAZNew Mexico: #125 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 453 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedKSArkansas: #478 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,433 girlsARTennessee: #301 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,558 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #214 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,025 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #306 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,409 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kiana, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #229 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,049 girlsOKLouisiana: #391 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,992 girlsLAMississippi: #229 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,002 girlsMSAlabama: #297 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,408 girlsALGeorgia: #328 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,716 girlsGAHawaii: #5 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 69 girlsHITexas: #325 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 1,702 girlsTXFlorida: #207 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 1,017 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#5 · 1 in 69
  2. North Dakota#120 · 1 in 403
  3. New Mexico#125 · 1 in 453
  4. Washington#167 · 1 in 734
  5. Nevada#171 · 1 in 634

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#5521 in 69
North Dakota#12061 in 403
New Mexico#125181 in 453
Washington#167401 in 734
Nevada#171151 in 634
South Dakota#17351 in 575
Connecticut#178191 in 798
Maine#18361 in 750
Massachusetts#192341 in 924
Rhode Island#19751 in 760
Utah#202211 in 812
Florida#207761 in 1,017
North Carolina#214441 in 1,025
California#2202021 in 1,108
Mississippi#229121 in 1,002
Oklahoma#229161 in 1,049
Idaho#23171 in 868
Colorado#240241 in 1,003
Minnesota#243211 in 1,221
Oregon#246161 in 1,029
Arizona#256281 in 1,141
New York#261701 in 1,435
New Jersey#271281 in 1,491
Maryland#276181 in 1,367
Alabama#297151 in 1,408
West Virginia#29751 in 1,454
Kentucky#299121 in 1,705
Tennessee#301201 in 1,558
South Carolina#306121 in 1,409
Virginia#310221 in 1,615
Wisconsin#313161 in 1,593
Texas#325901 in 1,702
Georgia#328281 in 1,716
Pennsylvania#331311 in 1,873
Ohio#364281 in 2,214
Louisiana#391111 in 1,992
Michigan#406221 in 2,365
Indiana#409141 in 2,379
Iowa#41561 in 2,363
Arkansas#47851 in 2,433
Missouri#60771 in 4,204
Illinois#622181 in 3,958
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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 2000

girls
#276
1,166 births · 1 in 1,557 girls

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #276Kiana1,166
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 1,557 of them was named Kiana, which outranked 98.4% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiana
  1. #273Priscilla1,170
  2. #274Bridget1,167
  3. #274Celeste1,167
  4. #276Kiana1,166
  5. #277Makenna1,163
  6. #278Miriam1,162
  7. #279Alissa1,156
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →