Kitana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ki-TAH-na
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,576 for girls
Kitana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Kitana mean?
Modern: from the Mortal Kombat video games
Kitana is a princess and warrior in the Mortal Kombat video game series, introduced in 1993.
Is Kitana a girl's or a boy's name?
Kitana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kitana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kitana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kitana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Kitana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,576th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Kitana, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,823rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 87 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had fewer girls named Kitana than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Kitana in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kitana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,494 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,784 |
| 2020 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,868 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,546 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,773 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,737 |
| 2013 | 52 | #3,122 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,734 |
| 2002 | 57 | #2,670 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 62 | #2,453 |
| 1999 | 61 | #2,402 |
| 1998 | 73 | #2,023 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,773 |
| 1996 | 87 | #1,720 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
Nicknames for Kitana
- Kit 435 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kitana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya, Prisha, Nevaeh, Kiara, Anvika, Sienna, Arya, Aisha, Hana, Khadija, Amara, Yusra
Names related to Kitana
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, “Kitana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kitana, updated 20 October 2026.