Kianah — #15917 US girls' name
305 babies named Kianah in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Kianah was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Kianah in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kianah
The Social Security Administration has registered 305 babies named Kianah between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kianah currently holds the #15917 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kianah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kianah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kianah 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 305 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.
Kianah at a glance
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Current rank
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Kianah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2000)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #15917 among girls.
305 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 24 births in a single year.
Kianah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 116 births that decade — 38% of Kianah's all-time total
Kianah decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 96 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kianah's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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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, 1990–2024 (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.