Given name & surname
Kyan
“the little king”
Kyan is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “the little king.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “the little king.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kyan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,955
- 3,786 boys · 169 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 404 babies
- 2025
- 79
- #2,029 for boys · #16,220 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 74 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,029 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 40.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 379 in 2004. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Georgia had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,430 as a first name in 2020; 171 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kyan’s family of names
Kyan has a related form in Kian. Kyan has a related form in Kyann.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kyan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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