# Kian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,568 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,457 / 111 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17,935, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7 | 10,860 |
| 1992 | 7 | 11,085 |
| 1994 | 7 | 11,166 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,673 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14,955 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,850 |
| 2004 | 7 | 13,504 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,697 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,510 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,853 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,631 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,076 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,534 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,727 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,101 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 408 | 606 |
| 2012 | 420 | 603 |
| 2013 | 441 | 582 |
| 2014 | 568 | 495 |
| 2015 | 602 | 489 |
| 2016 | 608 | 498 |
| 2017 | 676 | 453 |
| 2018 | 675 | 447 |
| 2019 | 618 | 475 |
| 2020 | 659 | 451 |
| 2021 | 671 | 453 |
| 2022 | 675 | 456 |
| 2023 | 732 | 428 |
| 2024 | 770 | 417 |
| 2025 | 797 | 401 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 800 | 81 |
| 2012 | 701 | 89 |
| 2013 | 654 | 95 |
| 2014 | 1,123 | 54 |
| 2015 | 665 | 98 |
| 2016 | 499 | 125 |
| 2017 | 407 | 143 |
| 2018 | 355 | 158 |
| 2019 | 284 | 185 |
| 2020 | 302 | 177 |
| 2021 | 269 | 202 |
| 2022 | 249 | 204 |
| 2023 | 240 | 205 |
| 2024 | 247 | 204 |
| 2025 | 263 | 192 |

## People named Kian

- Kian Lawley, American YouTuber and actor
- Kian Hansen, Danish association football player
- Kian Fitz-Jim, Dutch association football player (born 2003)
- Kian Emadi, British cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.