Fun Facts About the Name Kiyana
- More than 1 thousand babies named Kiyana: U.S. records list 1,592 babies given the name Kiyana from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kiyana Mean?
Kiyana (Persian: کیانا) is a feminine name used in Iran and among Persian speakers elsewhere. It is generally understood as the feminine form of the Persian name Kiyan (کیان). That name is built on kiy (کی), a word for "king" that goes back to the Avestan title kavi, used for priest-rulers and later for the legendary Kayanian kings of Iranian tradition. Since kiyān is also the plural of kiy, the root sense behind the name is "kings" or "royalty," and the name is usually explained as meaning "royal" or "of royal lineage." A separate Persian word written the same way, kiyān, can mean "being" or "world," but that sense is not the one normally given as the name's meaning. In English-speaking countries the name is also written as a variant of Kiana, whose own origin is uncertain, so no single meaning can be attached to every English use of Kiyana.
Kiyana Name History & Origins
Names formed from kiy belong to an old layer of Iranian naming vocabulary. The Avesta, the Zoroastrian scriptures, uses kavi for a class of priestly rulers, and the later Iranian epic tradition - above all Ferdowsi's Shahnameh - calls the legendary kings of Iran the Kayanians (کیانیان). Personal names such as Kiyan, Kiyanoush, and Kiyana draw on that royal vocabulary.
Kiyana itself is a feminine given name, formed from Kiyan with the feminine ending -a. In Iran it is used alongside the masculine Kiyan, and it is also carried by families of Iranian background living in North America and Europe.
In English-speaking countries, Kiyana is often grouped with the spellings of Kiana, such as Kianna or Quiana. That name has no single agreed origin: it has been explained as a Hawaiian name and as a feminine form of the Irish Kian (from Cian, "ancient"). Because those explanations conflict and are not clearly connected to the Persian name, the meaning of Kiyana in non-Persian use remains unsettled.
How Popular is the Name Kiyana?
Kiyana has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2000. Its best rank was #2,229 in 1993.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,162 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #4,324 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 2023 | #4,808 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2022 | #4,727 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2021 | #5,483 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2020 | #5,574 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #7,545 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #5,911 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2017 | #6,686 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #5,719 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2015 | #5,753 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #6,110 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #6,600 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #4,906 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #6,249 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2010 | #5,335 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2009 | #3,839 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2008 | #3,294 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 2007 | #3,752 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 2006 | #3,446 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 2005 | #3,481 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2004 | #3,301 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 2003 | #3,775 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2002 | #2,873 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 2001 | #2,992 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2000 | #2,494 | 61 | 0.0034% |
| 1999 | #2,718 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 1998 | #2,478 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 1997 | #3,067 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1996 | #2,240 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 1995 | #2,405 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 1994 | #2,563 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 1993 | #2,229 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 1992 | #2,474 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 1991 | #3,581 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1990 | #3,852 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1989 | #4,440 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1988 | #4,093 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1987 | #3,575 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1986 | #3,956 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1985 | #4,354 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1984 | #3,663 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1983 | #4,190 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1982 | #3,300 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1981 | #4,622 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1980 | #3,264 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 1979 | #4,950 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1978 | #5,749 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #6,588 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1976 | #5,388 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1975 | #9,783 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1974 | #9,433 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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