Boys' name · since 1994
Kiano
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 155 babies named Kiano, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,533 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,419 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 155
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
155 babies have been named Kiano since 1994, making it today's #7419 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Kiano recorded 155 times among boys since 1994, holding rank #7419 nationally today, ahead of 47% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #14,533 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,419 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 155 born since 1994
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiano ranks #14,533 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,419 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 155 born since 1994, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,533 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,419 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 155
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kiano's 155 recorded births place it above 68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kiano compares
155 33rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Kiano's all-time total is 58% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kiano | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 155 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kiano's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kiano's full recorded timeline at 2012, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kiano popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Kiano by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (65 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Kiano's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Kiano births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 65 births (42% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kiano: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Kiano 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.