Kian — #417 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kian

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,653 babies named Kian between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kian currently holds the #417 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 765 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kian performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5,450 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,524 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kian in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kian in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 12,653 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.