Kian

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kian: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kian: Recorded since 1981, it reached #54 in 2014, and it stood at #162 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
124times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#54highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kian's record

England and Wales registered 1,126 births with the name in 2007, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Moved 140 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2003

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2003	#4373

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 41 of the 45 years from 1981 to 2025.

In 2025: #162 among boys in Norway, #170 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1981–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1981
First recorded at #322 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1981 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #54 among boys in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #162 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Kian appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 41 years beginning in 1981, and has registered 1,569 births with the name.

Kian across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kian's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#322 (1981)	#63 (2001)	#170 (2025)	41 of 45	1,569 (1981–2025)	106 (2001)
Norway · Boys	#624 (1987)	#162 (2025)	#162 (2025)	26 of 39	428 (1987–2025)	32 (2016)
England and Wales · Boys	#552 (1996)	#54 (2014)	#204 (2024)	29 of 29	17,666 (1996–2024)	1,126 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#206 (2000)	#78 (2014)	#339 (2024)	25 of 25	359 (2000–2024)	41 (2014)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3795 (1996)	#4373 (2003)	2 of 8	6 (1996–2003)	3 (1996)

Kian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kian in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	20	6 of 10	3
1990s	51	9 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	857	10 of 10	86
2010s	490	10 of 10	49
2020s	151	6 of 10	25

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 86 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2000 and 2001, when recorded births rose by 56, from 50 to 106.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Kian appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #54 in England and Wales in 2014.

Kian's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#204	247	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#205	240	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#204	249	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#202	269	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#177	302	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#185	284	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#158	355	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#143	407	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#125	499	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#98	665	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#54	1,123	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#95	654	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#89	701	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#81	800	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#72	930	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#71	956	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#67	1,093	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#67	1,126	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#69	1,043	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#63	1,052	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#61	1,047	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#57	1,094	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#68	876	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#72	814	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#92	610	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#239	127	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#502	39	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#538	33	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#552	31	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#348	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#295	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#151	18	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#126	24	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#78	41	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#171	14	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#147	18	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#118	24	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#151	17	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#159	16	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#174	14	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#173	13	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#131	19	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#161	13	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#112	23	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#119	19	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#175	8	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#127	16	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#206	6	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#162	32	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#164	30	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#191	26	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#252	16	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#218	20	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#220	18	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#237	20	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#218	23	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#179	30	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#179	32	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#208	26	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#231	22	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#270	18	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#228	22	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#330	12	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#367	11	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#280	16	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#556	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#434	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#462	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#452	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#532	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#419	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#554	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#624	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	29	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	29	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	26	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	24	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	22	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	21	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	34	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	26	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	27	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	43	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#136	46	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	72	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	42	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	63	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	77	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	60	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#95	79	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#89	88	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	72	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	77	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#74	91	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#67	102	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#65	106	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#73	86	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#63	106	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	50	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	17	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#218	19	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1981 and 2025, ranked in 41 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #54, first reached in 2014.

It held a top-100 place in 16 years, 16 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,126 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1987, and 43 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kiaan · #342, 17y
Kiah · #344, 28y
Kiana · #337, 29y
Kianna · #353, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Crystal · #55, 43y
Tegan · #55, 42y
Antony · #56, 46y
Carly · #52, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Ashlee · #53, 36y
Cassie · #55, 36y
Crystal · #55, 43y
Tegan · #55, 42y

Kian was ranked #54 in England and Wales · Boys in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kian and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kian without appearing here.

Kian moved ahead of

Bruce Compare
In 1998 they stood at #502 and #477 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #239 and #697.
Ronald Compare
In 2002 they stood at #369 and #369 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #65 and #500.
Glenn Compare
In 1998 they stood at #502 and #369 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #239 and #586.
Tore Compare
In 2011 they stood at #330 and #319 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #228 and #527.

Moved ahead of Kian

Liam Compare
In 1999 they stood at #624 and #627 in Norway · Boys; by 2000 that had become #554 and #235.
Beau Compare
In 2020 they stood at #213 and #231 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #295 and #150.
Brodie Compare
In 2017 they stood at #186 and #194 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #234 and #100.
Tadhg Compare
In 2017 they stood at #186 and #229 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #234 and #121.

Moved the opposite way to Kian

Adrian Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kian went from #322 to #170 while Adrian went from #62 to #348.
Denis Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kian went from #322 to #170 while Denis went from #56 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kian went from #322 to #170 while Edward went from #42 to #125.
Francis Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kian went from #322 to #170 while Francis went from #50 to #309.

Moved the same way as Kian

Alex Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kian went from #322 to #170 and Alex from #206 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kian went from #322 to #170 and Alexander from #133 to #55.
Cian Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kian went from #322 to #170 and Cian from #89 to #33.
Darragh Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kian went from #322 to #170 and Darragh from #77 to #19.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #54 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kian

Kian at a glance

What stands out in Kian's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kian across 5 official records

Kian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kian and the names beside it

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Kian at a glance

What stands out in Kian's record

Kian across 5 official records

Kian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Kian

Kian and the names beside it

Kian moved ahead of

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