Kiyan is a distinctive choice, ranked #691 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Kiyan in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#691
About the Name Kiyan
Kiyan is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 154 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #592 in 2022 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1998.
Kiyan is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Kiyan
Unlikely. With around 52 UK babies named Kiyan per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Kiyan in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Kiyan is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 154 places over the last five years to #691 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Kiyan is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Kiyan include: Kiyan Nassiri — Kiyan Nassiri Giri is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan SG.; Kiyan Soltanpour — Kiyan Soltanpour is an Azerbaijani-Iranian footballer who plays for German club TuS Makkabi Berlin..
Kiyan does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Kiyans in the wild.
52
UK babies named Kiyan (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 154 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Kiyan
Likely around 1 other Kiyan in the class
UK Popularity (1998–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Kiyan
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Kiyan Josiah Prince was an English footballer who played for the Queens Park Rangers youth academy. Described as "a prodigious footballing talent" and "an outstanding and upstanding boy", Prince was fatally stabbed outside his school (London Academy in Edgware, London) on 18 May 2006, while trying to stop the bullying of another boy.