Kiann
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kiann has been given to 30 babies in the U.S. since 1971. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1971, with 5 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 50% girls, 50% boys all-time.
Babies named Kiann, 2006
1 in 791,000
Kiann over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Kiann over time
In 2025, Kiann went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Kiann?
Kiann had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2006
- 1 in 791,000
- 5 of 3,956,166 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 380,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2006
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 548,442 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kiann sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2006 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 548,442 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kiann. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kianns were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kiann was born before 1985 — so the typical Kiann is around 40 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1970s
- 33.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 66.7%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 15
- People you could plausibly meet
1970s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (5).
Is Kiann rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1971 (5)
- Years since peak
- 54
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Not enough data
- Too few years
Spellings of Kiann
Kiann is not the most common spelling — Diane is, with 24.3% against Kiann's <0.01%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Kiann around the world
Where Kiann ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1995–1995#712in 1995
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Kiann by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Kiann
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kiann
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.