Name Awesome

Keiran

#5,725 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Kieran

Keiran has been given to 1,186 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #5,725 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 63 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% boys, 12% girls all-time.

Babies named Keiran, 2025

1 in 207,000

Keiran over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Keiran over time

In 2025, Keiran went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19892025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Keiran: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Kieran

Irish

What Keiran means

Keiran is a variant of Kieran.

Origin, language, and formation

Keiran is used in English. Its origins include Irish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kieran.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,043 boys were recorded with the name Keiran between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 63 in 2011; its best national rank was #2,119 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,970 in 2020 to #5,725 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,790 in 2015 to #5,725 in 2025.

In the United States, 143 girls were recorded with the name Keiran between 1998 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2007; its best national rank was #7,245 in 2007.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Keiran?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 207,000
16 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 107,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,725
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Keiran sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Keiran. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Keirans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Keiran was born before 2010 — so the typical Keiran is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
85.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,043
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 40.9% of all recorded uses (427).

Is Keiran rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−559
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,755
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,935
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.37×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
25.4%
Peak was 2011 (63)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,119
2011

Spellings of Keiran

Keiran is not the most common spelling — Keegan is, with 22.2% against Keiran's 0.60%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Keiran is used

Across 1910–2025, Keiran was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 515,209 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Keiran has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Keiran around the world

Where Keiran ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1975–2020
    #711
    in 2020
  • Ireland
    1964–1998
    #280
    in 1998
  • France
    2006–2024
    #6,244
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1992–2023
    #2,747
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1945–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Keiran by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,725
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,755
Best rank ever
#2,119
2011
Peak year
2011
63 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,043
Count in 2025
16

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,245
2007
Peak year
2007
18 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
143
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Keiran

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KeiferKeiganKeilanKeivonKeidenKeithanCurranGibranKeitaKeirTerranKeinanKeionKeishawnKeisonCiaranTigranKeilerCameranKamranKeironJibranKaranDuran

Sibling names for Keiran

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

Explore around Keiran

Top names of 2011, Keiran's peak yearThe 2010s in fullOther names that peaked in 2011Boys' names starting with K