Kian

What Kian means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kian yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #489 in 2015 to #400 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kian?

US: Rising: up from #489 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #98 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 797 boys got the name (#400 that year). First in the US records in 1970.

How common

• About 1 in 2,143 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,034 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 634 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (2.77 per 1,000 boys), HI (2.74 per 1,000 boys), NV (1.33 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Kian is #400 in the US and #192 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.3% of US babies named Kian were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kiaan255 US · 106 E&W
• Keon108 US · 44 E&W
• Kion50 US · 11 E&W
• Keion37 US
• Kaian13 US · 7 E&W
• Keane12 US · 4 E&W
• Quan12 US · 3 E&W
• Kean10 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kian

Boys

• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Rhys#410Welsh, from Old Welsh Ris, meaning “ardor, fiery warrior”^*

For a sister

• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Gwen#725Same root as Wendy, meaning “watercourse with a bend + island”^*
• Guinevere#898Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #898 vs #2,788 in 2025
• Nola#821Editor’s note Down from #769 in 2015 to #821 in 2025 in the US
• Rowan#249“little red one”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kian’s. Rank is US 2025.