NameTides

Kian

Kian was the #400 boys' name in the US in 2025 (797 babies), and #192 in England & Wales and #147 in Canada.

Kian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Kian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#400 (797)#192 (263)#144 (31)#169 (13)#170 (29)#147 (219)
2024#417 (770)#204 (247)#218 (19)#339 (4)#174 (29)#147 (222)
2023#428 (732)#205 (240)#159 (29)#348 (4)#193 (26)#208 (157)
2022#456 (675)#204 (249)#164 (30)#234 (8)#214 (24)#159 (217)
2021#453 (671)#202 (269)#164 (29)#295 (6)#225 (22)#208 (176)
2020#451 (659)#177 (302)#176 (26)#213 (9)#226 (21)#198 (175)
2019#475 (618)#185 (284)#153 (36)#312 (5)#167 (34)#225 (161)
2018#446 (675)#158 (355)#126 (48)#234 (8)#214 (26)#233 (154)
2017#453 (676)#143 (407)#141 (42)#186 (12)#210 (27)#220 (169)
2016#498 (608)#125 (499)#119 (55)#151 (18)#147 (43)#229 (162)
2015#489 (602)#98 (665)#81 (84)#126 (24)#136 (46)#238 (150)
2014#495 (568)#54 (1,123)#46 (142)#78 (41)#103 (72)#250 (139)
2013#582 (441)#95 (654)#93 (69)#171 (14)#152 (42)#282 (115)
2012#603 (420)#89 (701)#100 (68)#147 (18)#112 (63)#274 (121)
2011#604 (408)#81 (800)#88 (77)#118 (24)#101 (77)#281 (112)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #400.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 630common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 640common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 820common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 730common

Next year

On its recent trend, Kian is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #336WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #446MNIllinois: #447ILMichigan: #461MINew York: #359NYMassachusetts: #274MAOregon: #529ORNevada: #201NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #431INOhio: #470OHPennsylvania: #458PANew Jersey: #335NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #232CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #501CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #351VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #444AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #428KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #520TNNorth Carolina: #416NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: #120DCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #414GAHawaii: #126HITexas: #439TXFlorida: #369FL
Kian (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#102120
Quebec2025#26519

Kian (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KianCanadaGirls—too few
KianCanadaBoys#147219
KianEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KianEngland & WalesBoys#192263
KianIrelandBoys#17029
KianNorthern IrelandBoys#16913
KianScotlandBoys#14431
KianUSGirls#13,2086
KianUSBoys#400797