Girls' name · since 1995
Kaiana
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 246 babies named Kaiana, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,747 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,106 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 246
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaiana currently ranks #8106 among girls' names in America, with 246 babies recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaiana has been recorded 246 times among girls since 1995, currently ranked #8106 nationally and more common than 53% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #17,747 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,106 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 246 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaiana ranks #17,747 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,106 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 246 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,747 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,106 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 246
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaiana's 246 recorded births place it above 75.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaiana compares
246 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kaiana's all-time total is 35% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaiana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 246 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaiana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaiana's full recorded timeline at 2012, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaiana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Kaiana by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (84 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Kaiana's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Kaiana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 84 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Kaiana's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 2020s (65) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kaiana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kaiana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.