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Kyran

#2,133 in 2025Boys' name

Ray of light, through Kiran

Kyran has been given to 3,282 babies in the U.S. since 1933. In 2025 it ranked #2,133 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 189 recorded.

Babies named Kyran, 2025

1 in 48,800

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kyran: meaning, origin, and history

Ray of light, through Kiran

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kyran means

Kyran belongs to the name family reached through Kyran → Kiran. Its meaning is “ray of light”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kyran is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kiran.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,149 boys were recorded with the name Kyran between 1933 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 189 in 2012; its best national rank was #1,031 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,710 in 2020 to #2,133 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,526 in 2015 to #2,133 in 2025.

In the United States, 133 girls were recorded with the name Kyran between 1996 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2005; its best national rank was #8,620 in 2005.

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 Kyran?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 48,800
68 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 25,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,133
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
33,794 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kyran 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 33,794 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kyran. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kyrans were born

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

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
43.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
84.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,137
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 43.2% of all recorded uses (1,361).

Is Kyran 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
−156
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−423
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−607
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.63×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
36.0%
Peak was 2012 (189)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,031
2012

Spellings of Kyran

Kyran is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 53.0% against Kyran's 0.17%.

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 Kyran is used

Across 2016–2025, Kyran was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 9,091 boys, against 1 in 21,649 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

111 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in 9,091
  2. 2Alabama1 in 10,000
  3. 3Missouri1 in 14,286
  4. 4Texas1 in 14,286
  5. 5Georgia1 in 16,667
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 16,667
  7. 7Ohio1 in 16,667
  8. 8Florida1 in 20,000

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.

Kyran around the world

Where Kyran 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
    #1,007
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1994–2025
    #560
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2001–2020
    #392
    in 2020
  • Ireland
    1964–2025
    #577
    in 2025
  • France
    2001–2025
    #1,531
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1995–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1944–2013
    #389
    in 2013

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.

Notable people named Kyran

People whose public names include Kyran, 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.

Kyran by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,133
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 423
Best rank ever
#1,031
2012
Peak year
2012
189 that year
First recorded
1933
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,149
Count in 2025
68

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,620
2005
Peak year
2005
13 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
133
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kyran

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

KyrenKyronKyrinKyroKyreeKiranDoranTyranImranAbranTaranQuranKyrieDuranKyrellKaranKamranKyreOranCiaranLoranTerranKyriKyrian

Names with a curve like Kyran

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

CorbynBrightonCanonArmaanChevyOskarChayceMikahKellerHagenSiddharthEwan

Sibling names for Kyran

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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