girls:
15 births since 1971
#5701 (0th percentile)
boys:
10 births since 2017
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
25 births since 1971
#7714 (0th percentile)
The name Kiann is the #7,714 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 25 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,701 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 1971. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 2017.
Kiann first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 2017 for boys). Birth data for Kiann is available in 5 out of the 52 years between 1971 and 2022 (3 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kiann has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (60.0% of all recorded births). In 2022, 0.0% of babies named Kiann were girls. Interestingly, until around 2017, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1971 to 2016), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2017 to 2022).
For girls, Kiann reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #769) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
For boys, Kiann reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #924) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kiann".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kiann. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Kiann is pronounced as KEE-an, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kee-AN, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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