Kieran

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Kieran is ranked 440th among boys in 2024 (713 births). Its best rank was 440th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #440up 37 from 2023
Births in 2024: 7130.04% of boys
Peak year: 2024713 births
Best rank: #440in 2024
Since 1918: 18,382people given the name

Babies named Kieran, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

16,788 boys have been named Kieran in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 713 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 31%. It has spent 33 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,594 girls have also been given it, 8.7% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Kieran
1910s	8
1920s	38
1930s	48
1940s	81
1950s	222
1960s	374
1970s	416
1980s	610
1990s	2,177
2000s	4,412
2010s	5,279
2020s	3,123

In 2024, its biggest year

Kieran was the 440th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Kieran

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.