Girl · #15,678 in 2026

Quianna

Quianna Nehma Chaney is an American professional basketball player who played for Botaş SK at the Turkish Women's Basketball League. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she played collegiately for LSU.

  • African American
Current Rank
#15,678
Peak Rank
#2,731 (1998)
Total Babies
881
5-Yr Trend
Stable
1975
First Year
2018
Last Year
1998
Peak Year
#2731
Peak Rank
881
Total Count
41
Years Active

Meaning & Origin of Quianna

What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.

Quianna Nehma Chaney is an American professional basketball player who played for Botaş SK at the Turkish Women's Basketball League. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she played collegiately for LSU.

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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)

  • African American

The Story of Quianna

The earliest SSA record of Quianna as a baby girl name dates back to 1975, when 8 babies received it. 1998 was its biggest year on record, with 49 newborns named Quianna — #2,731 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Quianna on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Quianna last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 881 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.

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Variants & Related Forms of Quianna

Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Quianna. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.

Names that sound like Quianna

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Frequently Asked Questions about Quianna

What does the name Quianna mean?
Quianna Nehma Chaney is an American professional basketball player who played for Botaş SK at the Turkish Women's Basketball League. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she played collegiately for LSU.
What is the origin of the name Quianna?
Quianna has roots in the following cultural and linguistic traditions: African American.
How popular is Quianna in 2026?
In 2026, Quianna ranks #15,678 among girls' names in the U.S., with 5 babies given the name that year.
When was Quianna most popular?
Quianna reached its peak popularity in 1998, ranking #2,731 that year with 49 babies given the name.
In which U.S. states is Quianna most popular?
Quianna has historically been most popular in Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania. Rankings vary year to year, but these states show the strongest concentration of births named Quianna.
Is Quianna a unisex name?
In U.S. Social Security records, Quianna is primarily a girl's name. We don't have meaningful data for it as a boy's name.
What names go well with Quianna?
Names that share a similar style or popularity range with Quianna include Dicy, Octavie, Ocia. These pairings are based on rank proximity and naming era in U.S. data.
What are nicknames or variants of Quianna?
Common variants and related forms of Quianna include Kiana, Qiana, Quiana. These cover foreign-language equivalents, alternate spellings, and short forms.

About the name Quianna

Quianna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 881 births in the dataset. Quianna's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #2,731. Use the chart and map above to compare Quianna's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.

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Data sources

  • Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
  • Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
  • Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
  • Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
  • Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .

Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.