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Kieren

#5,734 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Kieren has been given to 636 babies in the U.S. since 1990. In 2025 it ranked #5,734 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 28 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% boys, 19% girls all-time.

Babies named Kieren, 2025

1 in 207,000

Kieren over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kieren over time

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

19902025

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.

Kieren: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kieren means

Kieren is a given name.

The naming story behind Kieren

Charlotte M. Yonge’s 1884 History of Christian Names includes the exact spelling Kieren in its glossary. The entry labels it masculine and points to printed page(s) 256.

The glossary’s abbreviated description reads: “Irish, Kelt. black”. This is the historical author’s wording, including its language abbreviations and any proposed interpretation. It is presented as historical evidence, not as a verified modern translation. Victorian classifications and root explanations can differ from later linguistic research.

For Kieren, the current short meaning therefore remains unconfirmed. Establishing its modern etymology requires a current reference that documents the exact form and its relationship to the proposed earlier words.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 518 boys were recorded with the name Kieren between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 28 in 2011; its best national rank was #3,407 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,820 in 2020 to #5,734 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,159 in 2015 to #5,734 in 2025.

In the United States, 118 girls were recorded with the name Kieren between 1990 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2010; its best national rank was #8,511 in 2010.

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.

How common is Kieren?

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
#5,734
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kieren 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 Kieren. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kierens were born

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

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
37.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
79.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
518
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 37.6% of all recorded uses (195).

Is Kieren 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
+308
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,086
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+425
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.14×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
57.1%
Peak was 2011 (28)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,407
2003

Spellings of Kieren

Kieren is not the most common spelling — Kieran is, with 29.9% against Kieren's 0.88%.

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 Kieren is used

Across 1910–2025, Kieren was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 587,238 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 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. Kieren has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kieren around the world

Where Kieren 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
    1996–2023
    #4,992
    in 2023
  • Scotland
    1984–2012
    #568
    in 2012
  • France
    1999–2006
    #4,767
    in 2006
  • Canada
    2003–2014
    #2,672
    in 2014
  • South Australia
    1957–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, 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. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kieren by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,734
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,086
Best rank ever
#3,407
2003
Peak year
2011
28 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
518
Count in 2025
16

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,511
2010
Peak year
2010
14 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
118
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kieren

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

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Sibling names for Kieren

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

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