Kiah
Masculine
Kiah is given to both — 265 boys and 3,313 girls since 1880. See Kiah as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Kiah entered the US charts in 1917, peaked at #3231 in 1943, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Kiah?
Kiah first appears in US birth records in 1917 — 108 years ago. The typical Kiah alive today was born around 2001, making them about 24 years old. About 300 people named Kiah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kiah most popular?
Kiah peaked in 1943, reaching #3231 nationally. See the whole 1943 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kiah
Ours, offered as ours. Kiah is what remains when a long biblical name is clipped from the front rather than the back — an unusual direction for English, which normally keeps the beginning. Keziah gives Kiah; so does Hezekiah. That produces a short name with a very long shadow behind it and nothing visible in front. Whether any particular family reached it that way is not recorded, and the biblical names it could have come from are worth naming.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established. Keziah, a daughter of Job in the biblical text, means cassia, the spice bark, and is a genuine possible parent; Hezekiah and Zechariah are others. The Ki- and -ah pieces of modern American naming are a separate possible source.
Pronouncing Kiah
KY-ah
Two syllables, first stressed. Some families say KEE-ah.
Nicknames for Kiah
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1917
- Most boys named
- 200116 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3231reached in 1943
- Change vs 2023
- −33.3%6 in 2024, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kiah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Keziah in Hebrew — related form
Kiahs among us
people named Kiah are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Kiah sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
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Frequently asked
- How many Kiahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Kiah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kiah in 2025?
- Kiah is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Kiah with classmates?
- Kiah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More K names
The most-given names starting with K, all years combined.
Kenneth#294 · Kevin#221 · Kyle#508 · Keith#800 · Karl#1585 · Kaleb#295 · Kurt#2258 · Kelly#1867
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