Kiana

What Kiana means

Form of Diana, meaning “goddess”

itself from English Diana || Borrowed from Late Latin Diāna, short form of Latin Dīāna, derived by syncope from Old Latin Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus +‎ -āna; roughly akin to Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”) + Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂.

Source: Wiktionary, “Kiana” (revision 79240402) and “Diana” (revision 93942296), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Kiana?

US: Rising: up from #970 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #845 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1996, when 1,585 girls got the name (#190 that year). First in the US records in 1962.

How common

• About 1 in 4,391 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,618 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls 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 HI (4.2 per 1,000 girls), NV (1.3 per 1,000 girls), WA (0.76 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kiana is #743 in the US and #568 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kiana were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kianna142 US · 14 E&W
• Keona50 US · 7 E&W
• Kiani30 US
• Keana16 US · 4 E&W
• Keani17 US
• Keanna16 US
• Kiannah14 US
• Kienna8 US · 6 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 Kiana

Girls

• Hannah#56“grace, gracious, graced with child”^*
• Brianna#222Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #82 in 2015, #222 in 2025
• Julia#131Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2001, with 8,838 babies; 2,172 in 2025
• Maria#87Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1964, with 10,148 babies; 2,887 in 2025
• Diana#244“goddess”^*
• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*

For a brother

• Austin#113“majestic”^*
• Alejandro#195“defender of man”^*
• Javier#274Spanish, from Basque Xabier, meaning “the new house”^*
• Samuel#18“God has set or God has placed”^*
• Luis#144Same root as Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Christian#96Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 16,059 babies; 3,641 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kiana’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.