Girls' name · since 1970
Qiana
Qiana has 2,622 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,925 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,293 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,622
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Qiana is the #15293 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,622 recorded since 1970.
Qiana has 2,622 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15293 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #3,925 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,293 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,622 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Qiana ranks #3,925 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,293 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,622 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #3,925 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,293 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,622
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Qiana's 2,622 recorded births place it above 94.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Illinois.
How Qiana compares
2,622 Top 19% higher than 81% of 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
Qiana's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Qiana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,622 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 372 | 21 | 19,840 |
Qiana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Qiana splits its recorded history at 1997: 13% of all births land in the more recent half, 87% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 372 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Qiana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 372
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Qiana by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (1,261 births, 48% of the file).
1970s was Qiana's strongest decade.
1,261 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Qiana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
1,261 births
- 1980s
1980s
781 births
- 1990s 300
1990s
300 births
- 2000s 150
2000s
150 births
- 2010s 84
2010s
84 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 1,261 births (48% of all-time use).
How Qiana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Qiana's total volume
Qiana by state
Where Qiana concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 274 | 10.5% |
| #2 | California | | 234 | 8.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 192 | 7.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 121 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 112 | 4.3% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 86 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 81 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 75 | 2.9% |
274 of 2,622 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Qiana appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Qiana's data
- Qiana's decade-level peak was the 1970s (1,261 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Qianas (274 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Qiana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Qiana 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.