Kiana — #720 US girls' name
26,326 babies named Kiana in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Kiana was born in this single decade.
1,585 babies were named Kiana in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kiana
The Social Security Administration has registered 26,326 babies named Kiana between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiana currently holds the #720 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 1,585 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiana performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 10,357 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kiana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,744 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kiana in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kiana 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 26,326 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.
Kiana at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Kiana popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1962
- Peak year (1996)
- 1,585
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
Currently ranks #720 among girls.
26,326 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 1,585 births in a single year.
Kiana popularity over time — boys
19 total births recorded since 1989 (Kiana as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kiana accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kiana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 10,357 births that decade — 39% of Kiana's all-time total
Kiana decade highlights
- Peak decade 10,357 births
- Runner-up 8,568 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kiana's strongest decade
10,357 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Kiana by state
Where Kiana concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,744 | 18.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,907 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,867 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,566 | 5.9% |
| #5 | Hawaii | | 988 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 895 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 805 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Washington | | 748 | 2.8% |
4,744 of 26,326 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.0% of nationwide
- New York 7.2% of nationwide
- Texas 7.1% of nationwide
- Florida 5.9% of nationwide
- Hawaii 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 49 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kiana appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1962–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.