Kier
- Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 97.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 489since 1963
Kier over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kier has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #5,813 | 15 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,241 | 13 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,173 | 9 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,271 | 14 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,413 | 15 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,451 | 14 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,100 | 22 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
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| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
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| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
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| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
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| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1963
The first year at least five boys were named Kier! It came in at #4,048, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1967, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kier is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kier in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kier
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 2,114 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #12,008)
- 2,440 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1971 at #2,558 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 86,532
- Highest: 1 in 86,532 boys born in 1995 were named Kier (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,558 in 1971, was only 1 in 126,318 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 26.6% of all boys named Kier (130) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43 | #2,627 (1966) | #3,396 |
| 1970s | 77 | #2,558 (1971) | #3,564 |
| 1980s | 27 | #4,853 (1986) | #5,567 |
| 1990s | 130 | #3,100 (1995) | #4,788 |
| 2000s | 88 | #5,271 (2003) | #8,206 |
| 2010s | 88 | #5,813 (2019) | #8,790 |
| 2020s | 36 | #5,562 (2021) | #9,114 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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