Kayana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kay-AN-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Kayana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
Where does Kayana come from?
Modern: spelling of Kayanna; blend of Kay and Anna
Meaning borrowed from Kayanna.
Is Kayana a girl's or a boy's name?
Kayana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kayana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Kayana, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer girls named Kayana than any year since 1993.
Half of all the girls named Kayana in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kayana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,266 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,457 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,809 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
Nicknames for Kayana
- Kay 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kayana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Kiana, Kaliyah, Amira, Khadija, Aisha, Kianna, Mckenna, Anaya, Dayana, Samira, Kira
Names related to Kayana
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kayana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayana, updated 20 October 2026.