Girls' name · since 1974

Kishana

89 babies named Kishana in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

89
total births
1974–2005
years on record
1980s
peak decade
37%
born in that decade

Kishana is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 89 have been recorded since 1974.

Kishana has 89 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2005.

  • 89 total births
  • 1974–2005 years on record
  • 1980s peak decade
  • 37% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kishana's 89 recorded births place it above 61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Kishana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Kishana's full recorded timeline at 1986, 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 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Kishana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2005

Last recorded 2005
Peak year (1989)
9
Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
45678910 19741977198019831989199420022005 5

Kishana by decade

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

1980s was Kishana's strongest decade.

33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.

Kishana births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 33 births (37% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kishana?
Kishana has been given to 89 babies in the U.S. since 1974, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2005. 9 babies were born in 1989, its single highest year.
When was Kishana most popular?
Kishana was most popular in the 1980s decade with 33 total births. The single peak year was 1989.
How long has the name Kishana been used?
Kishana has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 32 years of data through 2005.
What names are similar to Kishana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kisha, Kisa, Kishia, Kismet, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kishana's data

  • Kishana's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (33 total births) through the 2000s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 1974–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Kishana: Baby Name Since 1974 - 89 Births, Peak 1989." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kishana. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Kishana 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 July 2026.