Kiyan

“Kings, plural of Persian kay — title of the legendary Kayanian kings” — Persian origin

Boy's name · #1076 in the US (2025) · Trending

Kiyan is climbing: on the charts since 1995, it reached #1076 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 200 boys given the name last year. Roughly 2,200 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variants Kian (#401) and Cian (#1310), Kiyan would rank around #295 with about 1,100 births last year — the newborns split about 70/17/13 across Kian, Kiyan, and Cian.

Around the world: about 1 in 860 boys in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 1,300 boys in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 2,300 boys in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Kiyans

Kiyan Soltanpour — Azerbaijani-Iranian footballer (born 1989)
Kiyan Williams — American visual artist
Kiyan Nassiri — Indian football player
Kiyan Anthony — American basketball player
Kiyan Prince — English footballer (1990-2006)

Similar names: Kiaan · Zayan · Kior · Rayyan · Iman · Yazan

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