Girls' name · since 1990
Kianah
Kianah has 310 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,622 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,577 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 310
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
310 babies have been named Kianah since 1990, making it today's #15577 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kianah has been recorded 310 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #15577 nationally and more common than 10% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #15,622 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,577 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 310 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kianah ranks #15,622 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,577 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 310 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,622 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,577 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 310
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kianah's 310 recorded births place it above 78.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kianah compares
310 46th 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
Kianah's all-time total is 18% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kianah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 310 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kianah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kianah's full recorded timeline at 2008, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kianah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Kianah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (116 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Kianah's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Kianah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
96 births
- 2000s
2000s
116 births
- 2010s
2010s
81 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 116 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kianah's data
- Kianah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (116 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Kianah
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kianah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Kianah 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.