Kiyan — #1389 US boys' name
1,959 babies named Kiyan in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to boys today.
60% of everyone ever named Kiyan was born in this single decade.
172 babies were named Kiyan in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kiyan
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,959 babies named Kiyan between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kiyan currently holds the #1389 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 172 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiyan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kiyan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 195 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Kiyan in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kiyan 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 1,959 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.
Kiyan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kiyan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2012)
- 172
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #1389 among boys.
1,959 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 172 births in a single year.
Kiyan popularity over time — girls
28 total births recorded since 2011 (Kiyan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kiyan accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kiyan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,181 births that decade — 60% of Kiyan's all-time total
Kiyan decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,181 births
- Runner-up 582 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kiyan's strongest decade
1,181 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Kiyan by state
Where Kiyan concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 195 | 10.0% |
| #2 | California | | 167 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 103 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 103 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 99 | 5.1% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 92 | 4.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 75 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 65 | 3.3% |
195 of 1,959 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.0% of nationwide
- California 8.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.3% of nationwide
- Texas 5.3% of nationwide
- Florida 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kiyan appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1995–2024 (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.