Kianna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kee-AN-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,500 for girls
Kianna is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 1,500th for girls in the US (142 babies).
What does Kianna mean?
Modern: spelling of Kiana
Variant spelling of Kiana, a modern name that is also the Hawaiian form of Diana.
Is Kianna a girl's or a boy's name?
Kianna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 142 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kianna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,690th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Kianna, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 47 girls.
2025 had more girls named Kianna than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kianna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were given Kianna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #934, up from #1,690 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Kianna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,377 |
| 2013 | 45 | #896 |
| 2012 | 47 | #866 |
| 2011 | 45 | #872 |
| 2010 | 45 | #853 |
| 2009 | 39 | #927 |
| 2008 | 43 | #843 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 32 | #975 |
| 2005 | 25 | #1,077 |
| 2004 | 32 | #910 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 31 | #832 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Kianna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,500th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 142 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 142 girls in the US were named Kianna, making it the 1,500th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,654th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 401 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had more girls named Kianna than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Kianna in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 282 girls in the US were given Kianna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #864, up from #1,500 for this spelling alone.
Kianna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | #1,500 |
| 2024 | 132 | #1,591 |
| 2023 | 118 | #1,736 |
| 2022 | 136 | #1,560 |
| 2021 | 137 | #1,532 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,654 |
| 2019 | 98 | #1,971 |
| 2018 | 113 | #1,799 |
| 2017 | 107 | #1,889 |
| 2016 | 106 | #1,897 |
| 2015 | 111 | #1,850 |
| 2014 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2013 | 145 | #1,514 |
| 2012 | 180 | #1,307 |
| 2011 | 205 | #1,177 |
| 2010 | 246 | #1,019 |
| 2009 | 248 | #1,047 |
| 2008 | 271 | #983 |
| 2007 | 319 | #875 |
| 2006 | 356 | #773 |
| 2005 | 300 | #844 |
| 2004 | 328 | #786 |
| 2003 | 303 | #815 |
| 2002 | 362 | #693 |
| 2001 | 379 | #664 |
| 2000 | 401 | #627 |
| 1999 | 399 | #607 |
| 1998 | 353 | #653 |
| 1997 | 366 | #616 |
| 1996 | 366 | #621 |
| 1995 | 376 | #598 |
| 1994 | 262 | #774 |
| 1993 | 179 | #1,027 |
| 1992 | 181 | #1,028 |
| 1991 | 112 | #1,424 |
| 1990 | 119 | #1,336 |
| 1989 | 80 | #1,697 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,767 |
| 1987 | 43 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 42 | #2,383 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,729 |
| 1983 | 45 | #2,155 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,770 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,741 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
Names like Kianna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Keira, Cassidy, Brianna, Sienna, Caoimhe, Eden, Aoibheann, Cliodhna, Nevaeh, Eowyn, Teagan
Other spellings of Kianna
Names related to Kianna
Kiana, Kiyana, Kyanna, Keyanna, Khiana, Kiyanna, Kiani, Kiannah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Kianna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kianna, updated 20 October 2026.