How Many People Are Named Kieran?
people named Kieran are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,325 people in the US has this name
Based on 19,218 babies named Kieran in Social Security records from 1918 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
828 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of CIARÁN.
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Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kieran in English. Counting Kieran and these spellings together, about 19,354 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kieran, 8.4% were girls and 91.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1950s: 4.7% of the babies were girls then and 2.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kieran alive today is about 17 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kieran first appears in the records in 1918, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 828 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kieran has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #389, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #389.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #389 |
| Best rank | #389 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #535 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kieran alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kieran were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,191 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kieran was given 2.4 times as often in New York, 2.2 times in Minnesota and 2.2 times in New Jersey.
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