Keran
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Keran has been given to 30 babies in the U.S. since 1952. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1957, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% girls, 17% boys all-time.
Babies named Keran, 1966
1 in 579,000
Keran over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Keran over time
In 2008, Keran went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Keran?
Keran had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1966, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1966
- 1 in 579,000
- 6 of 3,475,564 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 282,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1966
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 401,514 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Keran sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1966 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 401,514 children born in 1966 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Keran. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kerans were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Keran was born before 1957 — so the typical Keran is around 68 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 52.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 25
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 52.0% of all recorded uses (13).
Is Keran 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
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1957 (7)
- Years since peak
- 68
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Not enough data
- Too few years
Spellings of Keran
Keran is not the most common spelling — Karen is, with 33.3% against Keran's <0.01%.
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.
Keran around the world
Where Keran 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 & Wales1996–1998#2,407in 1998
- South Australia1948–1971#724in 1971
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Keran by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Keran
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Keran
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.