How rare is the name Kian?

9,366 people in the United States have the first name Kian, about 1 in 32,248. It ranks #2,570 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KIAN

#2,570

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,366
About
1 in 32,248
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,366 people named Kian, 55.6% reported their origin as White, 13.3% as two or more races and 12.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kian peaked in 2025, when 803 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
803
In 2025*
803
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 13,568 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kian by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #882. The largest share of babies named Kian, 62.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#9,19783
1980s#7,562154
1990s#3,296729
2000s#1,6072,804
2010s#1,0745,475
2020s#8824,323
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–964.1%
Generation Z 1997–1232.4%
2013 and later62.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kian is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kian has been most common in Nevada (2.8×), Washington (2.4×), and California (2.3×), and least common in Alabama (0.22×).

11,760 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kian

#2,568 Racheal · 9,384#2,569 Niko · 9,382#2,571 Fermin · 9,361#2,572 Gilda · 9,356

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kian, most common first.

#1,513 Kiana · 21,865#5,466 Kin · 3,138#7,717 Kien · 1,946#10,800 Kiyan · 1,216#12,191 Kiani · 1,028#13,866 Kion · 861#41,276 Kiwan · 178#41,535 Kiam · 176

Also a last name

As a last name, Kian ranks #95,461 of 156,621, with 205 people. See Kian as a last name

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