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Kiran

#1,272 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Ray of light

Kiran has been given to 5,041 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #1,272 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 155 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% boys, 37% girls all-time.

Babies named Kiran, 2025

1 in 21,400

Kiran over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Kiran went to 10% girls and 90% boys.

19662025

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.

Kiran: meaning, origin, and history

Ray of light

Sanskrit

What Kiran means

Kiran means “ray of light”, associated with kiraṇa.

Origin, language, and formation

Kiran is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Kiran comes through Sanskrit किरण.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,165 boys were recorded with the name Kiran between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 155 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,272 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,616 in 2020 to #1,272 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,392 in 2015 to #1,272 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,876 girls were recorded with the name Kiran between 1966 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 79 in 2008; its best national rank was #2,164 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,689 in 2020 to #6,696 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,450 in 2015 to #6,696 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 Kiran?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 21,400
155 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 11,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,272
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
14,826 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kiran 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 14,826 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kiran. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kirans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kiran was born before 2011 — so the typical Kiran is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
81.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,165
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (1,053).

Is Kiran 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
+77
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+344
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+120
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.25×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (155)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,272
2025

Spellings of Kiran

Kiran is not the most common spelling — Ian is, with 28.1% against Kiran's 0.34%.

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 Kiran is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Kiran was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 1,515 boys, against 1 in 15,469 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in 100,000).

166 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 1,515
  2. 2New York1 in 7,692
  3. 3Massachusetts1 in 9,091
  4. 4Washington1 in 9,091
  5. 5California1 in 10,000
  6. 6Illinois1 in 16,667
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 16,667
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 25,000

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.

Where Kiran is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kiran was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 141,920 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Connecticut1 in —
  5. 5Florida1 in —
  6. 6Georgia1 in —
  7. 7Illinois1 in —
  8. 8Maryland1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Kiran has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kiran around the world

Where Kiran 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
    #1,538
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1999–2010
    #548
    in 2010
  • Ireland
    1967–1968
    #267
    in 1968
  • France
    1987–2025
    #1,306
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1996–2024
    #1,698
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1979–2013
    #754
    in 2013

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.

Notable people named Kiran

People whose public names include Kiran, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kiran by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,272
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 344
Best rank ever
#1,272
2025
Peak year
2025
155 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,165
Count in 2025
155

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,696
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,993
Best rank ever
#2,164
2002
Peak year
2008
79 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,876
Count in 2025
17

Names similar to Kiran

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

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Names with a curve like Kiran

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kiran, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MicaiahFarisDevYakovZephaniahNoamAmmarOskarMahdiHadiPiersonEliyahu

Sibling names for Kiran

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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