Kieran
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · #389 for boys in 2025, 817 births
Given to boys 91.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 817 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,613since 1918
Kieran over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #8,860 | 11 | #389 | 817 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #440 | 716 |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | #477 | 636 |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 | #490 | 621 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #493 | 598 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 | #514 | 558 |
| 2019 | #5,163 | 25 | #493 | 581 |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 | #497 | 579 |
| 2017 | #4,220 | 34 | #512 | 567 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | #539 | 540 |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 | #512 | 560 |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 | #575 | 483 |
| 2013 | #4,156 | 35 | #557 | 471 |
| 2012 | #4,121 | 36 | #554 | 470 |
| 2011 | #3,222 | 51 | #474 | 562 |
| 2010 | #3,123 | 53 | #540 | 469 |
| 2009 | #2,800 | 63 | #510 | 528 |
| 2008 | #2,718 | 67 | #532 | 502 |
| 2007 | #2,433 | 77 | #571 | 450 |
| 2006 | #3,090 | 54 | #562 | 445 |
| 2005 | #2,902 | 56 | #571 | 408 |
| 2004 | #2,851 | 56 | #544 | 425 |
| 2003 | #2,923 | 52 | #537 | 429 |
| 2002 | #2,673 | 57 | #554 | 399 |
| 2001 | #2,700 | 55 | #533 | 410 |
| 2000 | #2,708 | 54 | #528 | 416 |
| 1999 | #2,438 | 59 | #596 | 319 |
| 1998 | #2,338 | 60 | #625 | 292 |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 | #642 | 259 |
| 1996 | #2,849 | 42 | #623 | 278 |
| 1995 | #3,422 | 32 | #638 | 265 |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 | #680 | 233 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | #754 | 192 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #961 | 125 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #1,055 | 105 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #1,013 | 109 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #1,154 | 84 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #1,286 | 64 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #1,259 | 60 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #1,217 | 62 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #1,158 | 65 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #1,033 | 74 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #1,327 | 49 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 | #1,210 | 59 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #1,309 | 50 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #1,449 | 43 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,304 | 50 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,326 | 47 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #1,390 | 43 |
| 1976 | — | #1,541 | 35 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,361 | 41 | |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #1,439 | 36 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #1,329 | 39 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,680 | 27 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #1,127 | 53 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #1,253 | 44 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #1,440 | 31 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #1,282 | 35 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #1,150 | 42 |
| 1966 | — | #1,194 | 39 | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #1,094 | 46 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #1,236 | 39 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #1,354 | 33 |
| 1962 | — | #1,367 | 33 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,262 | 39 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #1,295 | 37 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | — | #1,321 | 34 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,487 | 28 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,676 | 22 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,503 | 26 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,709 | 20 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,746 | 18 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | — | #2,326 | 11 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,884 | 15 | |
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
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| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
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| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
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| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
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| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
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| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kieran! It came in at #3,096, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kieran is popular in 2003
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Pennsylvania#248 · 1 in 1,646
- New York#258 · 1 in 1,618
- New Mexico#275 · 1 in 1,325
- New Jersey#319 · 1 in 2,302
- Connecticut#322 · 1 in 2,547
Best ever in a state: #106 in Vermont, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #248 | 39 | 1 in 1,646 |
| New York | #258 | 69 | 1 in 1,618 |
| New Mexico | #275 | 8 | 1 in 1,325 |
| New Jersey | #319 | 21 | 1 in 2,302 |
| Connecticut | #322 | 7 | 1 in 2,547 |
| Minnesota | #326 | 13 | 1 in 2,310 |
| Massachusetts | #340 | 12 | 1 in 2,925 |
| Wisconsin | #421 | 9 | 1 in 3,249 |
| Virginia | #438 | 13 | 1 in 3,189 |
| Washington | #445 | 11 | 1 in 3,073 |
| Maryland | #448 | 9 | 1 in 3,241 |
| Colorado | #465 | 9 | 1 in 3,365 |
| Oregon | #474 | 6 | 1 in 3,271 |
| California | #479 | 59 | 1 in 4,255 |
| Arizona | #585 | 8 | 1 in 5,012 |
| North Carolina | #593 | 10 | 1 in 5,090 |
| Florida | #609 | 19 | 1 in 4,919 |
| Missouri | #618 | 6 | 1 in 5,620 |
| Illinois | #714 | 12 | 1 in 6,602 |
| Texas | #733 | 23 | 1 in 7,682 |
| Georgia | #738 | 9 | 1 in 6,349 |
| Ohio | #754 | 8 | 1 in 8,391 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kieran
- 51 spots since 2024 (#440 → #389)
- 125 spots since 2020 (#514 → #389)
- 123 spots since 2015 (#512 → #389)
- Biggest jump: 207 spots in 1993 (#961 → #754)
- Biggest drop: 80 spots in 2012 (#474 → #554)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 2025 at #389 (817 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1992–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,091 boys born in 2025 were named Kieran (0.05%)
- 30.0% of all boys named Kieran (5,282) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 | #3,096 (1918) | #3,096 |
| 1920s | 38 | #2,980 (1929) | #3,719 |
| 1930s | 48 | #2,563 (1934) | #3,094 |
| 1940s | 81 | #1,884 (1946) | #2,670 |
| 1950s | 222 | #1,321 (1958) | #1,720 |
| 1960s | 374 | #1,094 (1965) | #1,267 |
| 1970s | 415 | #1,127 (1971) | #1,375 |
| 1980s | 610 | #1,033 (1984) | #1,240 |
| 1990s | 2,177 | #596 (1999) | #759 |
| 2000s | 4,412 | #510 (2009) | #544 |
| 2010s | 5,282 | #474 (2011) | #525 |
| 2020s | 3,946 | #389 (2025) | #467 |
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.
Kieran in 2003
Top girls' names in 2003
Top boys' names in 2003
More about 2003
girls
1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 35,137 of them was named Kieran, which outranked 84.1% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,885Shealyn53
- #2,885Taja53
- #2,885Teya53
- #2,923Kieran52
- #2,923Aleyah52
- #2,923Alyana52
- #2,923Annah52
- #2,956Aleyna51
- #2,956Arika51
- #2,956Asma51
Tied with 32 names at #2,923; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 4,605 of them was named Kieran, which outranked 95.8% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).