Names / Girl names
Kiska
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#6,255
in 1972
First recorded
1972
in U.S. data
Children named
14
since 1972
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #6,255 in 1972 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Kiska enters U.S. records in American naming records in 1972, where it reads as a girls' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 14 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.