Kiona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kee-OH-nuh
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Kiona is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Kiona come from?
Often said to be Native American, as in Kiona, Washington, but the source is unclear
Is Kiona a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiona in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kiona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kiona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Kiona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Kiona, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Kiona in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kiona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,315 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,005 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 57 | #2,631 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,899 |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,340 |
| 1998 | 58 | #2,395 |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,067 |
| 1996 | 54 | #2,395 |
| 1995 | 78 | #1,814 |
| 1994 | 60 | #2,204 |
| 1993 | 44 | #2,720 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 54 | #2,312 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,437 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 36 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,850 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,016 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 39 | #2,100 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
Names like Kiona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Kiara, Brianna, Cassidy, Kianna, Kiana, Caoimhe, Cliodhna, Sienna, Ffion, Eden, Teagan
Names related to Kiona
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, “Kiona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiona, updated 20 October 2026.