Kinan
Boy · ki-NAAN · Arabic
Kinan is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
Where does Kinan come from?
Arabic
- Say it
- ki-NAAN
Is Kinan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kinan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kinan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Kinan, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kinan of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Kinan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Kinan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
How popular is Kinan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,512among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Kinan, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Kinan in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kinan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Kinan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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