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Boy's name · #401 in the US (2025) · Trending
Kian is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1970, it stood at #401 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 13,000 boys have been named Kian along the way.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#18 in Switzerland (2025) · #30 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #53 in Sweden (2025) · #68 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #86 in Slovenia (2025) · #99 in Austria (2025) · #125 in Netherlands (2025) · #146 in Scotland (2025) · #162 in Norway (2025) · #172 in N. Ireland (2025) · #173 in Ireland (2025) · #183 in New Zealand (2025) and 5 more.
Among 73 notable people named Kian:
Sports figures appear 2.69× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kian Hansen, Danish association football player.
Together with its spelling variants Kiyan (#1076) and Cian (#1310), Kian would rank around #295 with about 1,100 births last year — the newborns split about 70/17/13 across Kian, Kiyan, and Cian.
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