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Kiyan

Gender
Boy
Say it
KEE-yan
Origin
Persian
UK rank, 2025
#488 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,075 for boys

Kiyan is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 488th for boys in the UK (88 babies) and 1,075th for boys in the US (200 babies).

Where does Kiyan come from?

Persian: probably the Persian name Kiyan; also a spelling of Kian

Is Kiyan a girl's or a boy's name?

Kiyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 88 boys in the UK and 200 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kiyan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#488among boys
Babies in 2025
88about 1 in 3,400 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 49% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 88 boys in the UK were named Kiyan, making it the 488th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 896th.

2025 had the most boys named Kiyan of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.

Half of all the boys named Kiyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 452nd in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1998Busiest: 88 in 20252025
Kiyan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202588#488
202456#704
202359#663
202266#624
202144#818
202036#896
201953#706
201847#777
201743#838
201631#1,030
201536#924
201438#874
201336#904
201233#979
201127#1,077
201022#1,245
200920#1,290
200825#1,102
200737#812
200648#652
200511#1,701
200412#1,494
20038#1,880
20025#2,358
20016#2,049
20006#1,977
19995#2,184
19985#2,170

How popular is Kiyan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,075among boys
Babies in 2025
200about 1 in 8,500 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 49% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 200 boys in the US were named Kiyan, making it the 1,075th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,579th. It first appears in the records in 1995.

2025 had the most boys named Kiyan of any year since it first appeared, in 1995.

Half of all the boys named Kiyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 205 boys in the US were given Kiyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #977, up from #1,075 for this spelling alone.

1995Busiest: 200 in 20252025
Kiyan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025200#1,075
2024135#1,387
2023135#1,380
2022105#1,642
2021104#1,621
2020103#1,579
2019101#1,624
2018111#1,530
2017115#1,467
2016103#1,585
2015126#1,374
2014148#1,229
2013159#1,141
2012172#1,084
201199#1,573
201048#2,555
200920#4,746
200826#3,918
200724#4,125
20068#8,726
200515#5,273
200416#5,002
200315#5,030
200212#5,718
200113#5,383
200010#6,309
19999#6,524
19986#8,472
19978#6,612
19965#9,008
19959#5,922

Names like Kiyan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ayaan Zayan Musa Rayyan Yahya Zayaan Ayan Kairo Yusuf Rayan Arham Bodhi

Names related to Kiyan

Kian Kiaan Kiyaan Kayan Kyan Kaiyan Keyan Kinan

More Persian names

Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman Armaan

Every Persian name

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, “Kiyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiyan, updated 20 October 2026.