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Kieron

#13,059 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Ciarán

Kieron has been given to 730 babies in the U.S. since 1953. In 2025 it ranked #13,059 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2000, with 31 recorded.

Babies named Kieron, 2025

1 in 663,000

Kieron over time, 1880–2025

Boys
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kieron: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Ciarán

Irish

What Kieron means

Kieron is a form of Ciarán.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kieron is used in Irish and English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɪɹ.ən/ and /ˈkɪɹ.ɔːn/ for Kieron.

Origin, language, and formation

Kieron is used in English. Its origins include Irish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ciarán.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 730 boys were recorded with the name Kieron between 1953 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 31 in 2000; its best national rank was #2,891 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,360 in 2020 to #13,059 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,532 in 2015 to #13,059 in 2025.

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 Kieron?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,059
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kieron 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kieron. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kierons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kieron was born before 2000 — so the typical Kieron is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
27.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
49.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
730
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 27.9% of all recorded uses (204).

Is Kieron 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
−2,613
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,699
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−6,527
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.38×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
16.1%
Peak was 2000 (31)
Years since peak
25
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,891
2000

Spellings of Kieron

Kieron is not the most common spelling — Kameron is, with 27.5% against Kieron's 0.51%.

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.

Kieron around the world

Where Kieron 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
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1974–2017
    #602
    in 2017
  • Northern Ireland
    1998–2012
    #403
    in 2012
  • Ireland
    1965–2025
    #829
    in 2025
  • France
    2004–2016
    #5,827
    in 2016
  • Canada
    1993–2017
    #2,766
    in 2017
  • South Australia
    1950–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA 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.

Kieron by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,059
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,699
Best rank ever
#2,891
2000
Peak year
2000
31 that year
First recorded
1953
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
730
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Kieron

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

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Sibling names for Kieron

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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