Kirin
#4,092 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kirin has been given to 983 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #4,092 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 39 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 58% boys, 42% girls all-time.
Babies named Kirin, 2025
1 in 128,000
Kirin 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kirin over time
In 2025, Kirin 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 Kirin?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 128,000
- 26 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 65,700
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #4,092
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 88,382 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kirin sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 88,382 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kirin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kirins were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kirin was born before 2014 — so the typical Kirin is around 11 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 42.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 95.6%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 570
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 42.8% of all recorded uses (244).
Is Kirin 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
- −956
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +258
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −152
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.96×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 66.7%
- Peak was 2024 (39)
- Years since peak
- 1
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 42.9% average annual change
Spellings of Kirin
Kirin is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 76.1% against Kirin's 0.04%.
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 Kirin is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Kirin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 292,919 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 100,000
- 2New York1 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. Kirin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Kirin is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Kirin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 667,199 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1California1 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. Kirin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Kirin around the world
Where Kirin 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 & Wales2005–2021#3,990in 2021
- Canada2012–2015#2,735in 2015
- South Australia2006–2006#657in 2006
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Kirin by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Kirin
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kirin
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.