Kiyan

What Kiyan means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 9 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kiyan?

US: Rising: up from #1374 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #888 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 200 boys got the name (#1075 that year). First in the US records in 1995.

How common

• About 1 in 8,540 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,199 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 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 NJ (0.38 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.37 per 1,000 boys), MA (0.26 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kiyan is #1075 in the US and #452 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kiyan were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kyan74 US · 20 E&W
• Kayan33 US · 34 E&W
• Keyon59 US
• Kaiyan24 US · 24 E&W
• Keyan32 US · 14 E&W
• Kyon22 US · 3 E&W
• Kiyon19 US
• Kyian11 US

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 Kiyan

Boys

• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Wyatt#38“war + hard, brave”^*
• Beckett#141Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 6 babies
• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025

For a sister

• Journee#258Editor’s note 1,198 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Lydia#92“the region of Lydia”^*
• Phoebe#157“bright”^*
• Adalynn#184Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 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 Kiyan’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.