Recorded 1980–2022 Boys' name Peak 1997 309 births

Kijuan — boys' name

309 babies named Kijuan in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s321990s1232000s1272010s222020s5
2000s
Peak decade

41% of everyone ever named Kijuan was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

21 babies were named Kijuan in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kijuan

The Social Security Administration has registered 309 babies named Kijuan between 1980 and 2022, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kijuan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kijuan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kijuan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Kijuan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kijuan 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 309 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.

Kijuan at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

309

Since 1980

43 years of records

Peak year

1997

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1980

Recorded for 43 years

Last year on file: 2022

Kijuan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1980

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1997)
21
Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
0510152025 20222009200520011997199319881980 6

Kijuan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
127 births that decade — 41% of Kijuan's all-time total
1980s321990s1232000s1272010s222020s5

Kijuan by state

Where Kijuan concentrates geographically — total births since 1980

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Kijuan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Illinois
5 1.6%
#2 Maryland
5 1.6%
Illinois share of Kijuan's total US births 1.6%
Even split

5 of 309 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kijuan?
309 babies have been named Kijuan since 1980. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1997 with 21 births.
When was Kijuan most popular?
Kijuan was most popular in the 2000s decade with 127 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
Where is Kijuan most popular?
The top states for the name Kijuan are Illinois (5 births), Maryland (5 births).
How long has the name Kijuan been used?
Kijuan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 43 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Kijuan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kijana, Kijani, Kijon. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1980–2022 (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.