Kiana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kee-AH-na
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #582 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #743 for girls
Kiana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 582nd for girls in the UK (73 babies) and 743rd for girls in the US (366 babies).
What does Kiana mean?
Modern: modern name; also the Hawaiian form of Diana
Used as the Hawaiian form of Diana, and elsewhere as a modern name linked to Kian or Qiana.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kiana a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 73 girls in the UK and 366 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 582nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 73 about 1 in 3,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 73 girls in the UK were named Kiana, making it the 582nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 606th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 80 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kiana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 girls in the UK were given Kiana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #582 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 568th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Kiana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #582 |
| 2024 | 80 | #542 |
| 2023 | 62 | #648 |
| 2022 | 74 | #578 |
| 2021 | 73 | #590 |
| 2020 | 69 | #606 |
| 2019 | 57 | #738 |
| 2018 | 44 | #905 |
| 2017 | 50 | #839 |
| 2016 | 67 | #678 |
| 2015 | 50 | #830 |
| 2014 | 66 | #665 |
| 2013 | 53 | #783 |
| 2012 | 46 | #885 |
| 2011 | 42 | #923 |
| 2010 | 49 | #805 |
| 2009 | 60 | #674 |
| 2008 | 42 | #855 |
| 2007 | 71 | #570 |
| 2006 | 65 | #587 |
| 2005 | 41 | #769 |
| 2004 | 49 | #662 |
| 2003 | 53 | #608 |
| 2002 | 47 | #642 |
| 2001 | 32 | #819 |
| 2000 | 26 | #925 |
| 1999 | 24 | #975 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 21 | #1,053 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Kiana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 743rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 366 about 1 in 4,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 366 girls in the US were named Kiana, making it the 743rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 898th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 1,585 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Kiana in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 471 girls in the US were given Kiana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #620, up from #743 for this spelling alone.
Kiana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 366 | #743 |
| 2024 | 391 | #720 |
| 2023 | 388 | #723 |
| 2022 | 382 | #754 |
| 2021 | 362 | #783 |
| 2020 | 294 | #898 |
| 2019 | 280 | #944 |
| 2018 | 307 | #879 |
| 2017 | 286 | #925 |
| 2016 | 328 | #858 |
| 2015 | 279 | #970 |
| 2014 | 298 | #909 |
| 2013 | 343 | #794 |
| 2012 | 373 | #746 |
| 2011 | 455 | #628 |
| 2010 | 504 | #582 |
| 2009 | 558 | #541 |
| 2008 | 674 | #472 |
| 2007 | 742 | #435 |
| 2006 | 801 | #400 |
| 2005 | 817 | #382 |
| 2004 | 871 | #363 |
| 2003 | 949 | #331 |
| 2002 | 1,042 | #299 |
| 2001 | 948 | #327 |
| 2000 | 1,166 | #276 |
| 1999 | 1,293 | #244 |
| 1998 | 1,371 | #226 |
| 1997 | 1,507 | #198 |
| 1996 | 1,585 | #190 |
| 1995 | 1,534 | #192 |
| 1994 | 1,117 | #249 |
| 1993 | 712 | #358 |
| 1992 | 633 | #402 |
| 1991 | 333 | #655 |
| 1990 | 272 | #757 |
| 1989 | 232 | #814 |
| 1988 | 161 | #1,014 |
| 1987 | 127 | #1,156 |
| 1986 | 144 | #1,047 |
| 1985 | 154 | #987 |
| 1984 | 139 | #1,021 |
| 1983 | 139 | #1,015 |
| 1982 | 135 | #1,064 |
| 1981 | 127 | #1,093 |
| 1980 | 134 | #1,059 |
| 1979 | 130 | #1,061 |
| 1978 | 138 | #994 |
| 1977 | 109 | #1,153 |
| 1976 | 74 | #1,422 |
| 1975 | 64 | #1,561 |
| 1974 | 39 | #2,100 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,914 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Kiana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Keira, Brianna, Sienna, Cassidy, Eden, Nevaeh, Alayna, Caoimhe, Khadija, Kaira, Kayla
Other spellings of Kiana
Kiyana, Kiyanna, Keyana, Quiana, Keyanna, Kiannah, Kianah, Khiana, Qiana
Names related to Kiana
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kiana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiana, updated 20 October 2026.