# Kiana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kiana/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Hawaiian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 26,713 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 19 / 26,694 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,371, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian Kiana, itself from English Diana. Also used as a modern feminine form of Kian.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 455 | 629 |
| 2012 | 373 | 747 |
| 2013 | 343 | 794 |
| 2014 | 298 | 909 |
| 2015 | 279 | 970 |
| 2016 | 328 | 859 |
| 2017 | 286 | 926 |
| 2018 | 307 | 881 |
| 2019 | 280 | 945 |
| 2020 | 294 | 899 |
| 2021 | 362 | 785 |
| 2022 | 382 | 754 |
| 2023 | 388 | 726 |
| 2024 | 391 | 721 |
| 2025 | 366 | 743 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 8 | 5,951 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,515 |
| 1998 | 5 | 10,533 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 937 |
| 2012 | 38 | 955 |
| 2013 | 46 | 825 |
| 2014 | 61 | 652 |
| 2015 | 44 | 845 |
| 2016 | 64 | 655 |
| 2017 | 46 | 836 |
| 2018 | 38 | 952 |
| 2019 | 50 | 761 |
| 2020 | 57 | 655 |
| 2021 | 64 | 603 |
| 2022 | 69 | 562 |
| 2023 | 60 | 622 |
| 2024 | 73 | 533 |
| 2025 | 70 | 568 |

## People named Kiana

- Kiana Madeira, Canadian actress
- Kiana Ledé, American singer and actress
- Kiana Palacios, American–Mexican association football player
- Kiana Tom, American television host, fitness expert, author, actress, and businesswoman
- Dana Evans, American basketball player (born 1998)

## 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.