Kiran
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #1,267 for boys in 2025, 155 births
Given to boys 62.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 155 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,165since 1970
Kiran 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | #1,267 | 155 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #1,344 | 142 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #1,591 | 109 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | #1,611 | 108 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #1,503 | 118 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #1,609 | 100 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #1,698 | 93 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 | #1,648 | 98 |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | #1,612 | 99 |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | #1,563 | 105 |
| 2015 | #4,403 | 32 | #1,388 | 124 |
| 2014 | #3,925 | 38 | #1,608 | 97 |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 | #1,444 | 114 |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 | #1,398 | 119 |
| 2011 | #3,550 | 44 | #1,544 | 102 |
| 2010 | #3,889 | 39 | #1,558 | 102 |
| 2009 | #2,892 | 60 | #1,443 | 116 |
| 2008 | #2,419 | 79 | #1,414 | 119 |
| 2007 | #2,457 | 76 | #1,713 | 88 |
| 2006 | #2,512 | 73 | #1,605 | 90 |
| 2005 | #2,457 | 71 | #1,584 | 87 |
| 2004 | #2,503 | 67 | #1,530 | 87 |
| 2003 | #2,522 | 64 | #1,561 | 81 |
| 2002 | #2,158 | 77 | #1,660 | 71 |
| 2001 | #2,600 | 58 | #2,007 | 53 |
| 2000 | #2,593 | 57 | #1,968 | 52 |
| 1999 | #2,567 | 55 | #1,710 | 61 |
| 1998 | #2,307 | 61 | #2,068 | 45 |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #2,423 | 53 | #2,218 | 37 |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #2,797 | 43 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 | #2,455 | 30 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 38 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #3,045 | 35 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #3,165 | 31 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #3,521 | 8 |
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| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kiran! It came in at #3,521, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kiran is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- District of Columbia#235 · 1 in 867
- North Carolina#1,140 · 1 in 10,265
- California#1,167 · 1 in 12,689
- Pennsylvania#1,211 · 1 in 11,642
- New York#1,304 · 1 in 12,194
Best ever in a state: #132 in District of Columbia, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #235 | 5 | 1 in 867 |
| North Carolina | #1,140 | 5 | 1 in 10,265 |
| California | #1,167 | 17 | 1 in 12,689 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,211 | 5 | 1 in 11,642 |
| New York | #1,304 | 8 | 1 in 12,194 |
| Illinois | #1,322 | 5 | 1 in 12,386 |
| Texas | #2,080 | 6 | 1 in 29,361 |
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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 Kiran
- 77 spots since 2024 (#1,344 → #1,267)
- 342 spots since 2020 (#1,609 → #1,267)
- 121 spots since 2015 (#1,388 → #1,267)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2025 at #1,267 (155 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,020 boys born in 2025 were named Kiran (0.01%)
- 33.3% of all boys named Kiran (1,053) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2002, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 87 | #2,709 (1976) | #3,515 |
| 1980s | 139 | #2,709 (1982) | #3,430 |
| 1990s | 310 | #1,710 (1999) | #2,732 |
| 2000s | 844 | #1,414 (2008) | #1,649 |
| 2010s | 1,053 | #1,388 (2015) | #1,546 |
| 2020s | 732 | #1,267 (2025) | #1,488 |
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.
Kiran in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 71,936 of them was named Kiran, which outranked 71.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,191Zyanya25
- #5,191Zyrah25
- #5,191Zyriah25
- #5,338Kiran24
- #5,338Aalyiah24
- #5,338Aarushi24
- #5,338Aashna24
- #5,517Adaia23
- #5,517Adair23
- #5,517Aiko23
Tied with 178 names at #5,338; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 18,697 of them was named Kiran, which outranked 88.7% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,605Kaidyn100
- #1,605Ransom100
- #1,605Witten100
- #1,612Kiran99
- #1,612Akiva99
- #1,612Glen99
- #1,612Luther99
- #1,623Avyaan98
- #1,623Eder98
- #1,623Honor98
Tied with 10 names at #1,612; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.