Girls' name · since 1995
Kienna
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 95 babies named Kienna, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,358 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kienna is the #11358 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 95 recorded since 1995.
Social Security Administration records show Kienna recorded 95 times among girls since 1995, holding rank #11358 nationally today, ahead of 34% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #27,673 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,358 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 95 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kienna ranks #27,673 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,358 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 95 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,358 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kienna's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kienna compares
95 24th 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
Kienna's all-time total is 75% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kienna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 95 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kienna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kienna's full recorded timeline at 2007, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kienna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Kienna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (36 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Kienna's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Kienna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 36 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kienna's data
- Kienna's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (36 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kienna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Kienna 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.