How Many People Are Named Kiana?
An estimated 25,718 people in the United States have the first name Kiana. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Kiana peaked in popularity in 1996 with 1,591 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kiana as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kiana paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
25,718
About 1 in 13,327 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.9% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
1996
1,591 births
Total Registered
26,345
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kiana
Kiana is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 26,345 total births registered, 99.9% were female.
Kiana as a male name
Ranked #10,533 in 1998
5 male births in 1998
Peak: 1989 (8 births)
Kiana as a female name
Ranked #721 in 2024
390 female births in 2024
Peak: 1996 (1,585 births)
Kiana: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kiana span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 10,368 babies were registered. Kiana has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kiana by Decade
How has Kiana tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kiana by State
Birth registrations for Kiana span all 49 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Texas. The lowest are in Delaware, West Virginia, Montana. On average, about 496 Kianas were registered per state.
Kiana + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kiana as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kiana
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kiana: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kiana?
We estimate approximately 25,718 people named Kiana are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 13,327 Americans share this first name.
Is Kiana a common name?
Kiana is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 26,345 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kiana most popular?
Kiana reached peak popularity in 1996, when 1,591 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kiana is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kiana a female name?
Kiana is predominantly female. 99.9% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kiana Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kiana Smith, Kiana Johnson, Kiana Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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