Kiona — #12398 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kiona

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,656 babies named Kiona between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiona currently holds the #12398 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiona performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 607 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kiona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 77 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Kiona in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kiona 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 1,656 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.