Kyani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ky-AH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Kyani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
Where does Kyani come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Kiani
Is Kyani a girl's or a boy's name?
Kyani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kyani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Kyani, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had fewer girls named Kyani than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kyani in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kyani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Names like Kyani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani Kehlani Kailani Malani Kalani Naylani Alani Meilani Ailany Jaylani Elani Milani
Names related to Kyani
More Modern names
Jayden Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kyani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kyani, updated 20 October 2026.