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Kieran

Pronounced /ˈkɪəˌɹɔːn/

Rank in 2024
#9,215
Born in 2024
11
Peak year
2007 · #2442
Origin
Irish, Sanskrit
Also recorded for boys:713 in 2024 (#440)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 11 girls were named Kieran, about 1 in every 146,653.
  • It peaked in 2007 with 77 babies, ranked #2442.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1949.
  • 1,594 girls have been named Kieran since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Kieran per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 36 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 97 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 282 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 886 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 293 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A unisex given name from Irish, an anglicized form of Ciarán.
  • A unisex given name from Sanskrit, an anglicized form of किरण (kiraṇa).
Origin
Irish, Sanskrit
Say it
/ˈkɪəˌɹɔːn/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Kieran, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Keren

    Rank
    #2,179
    Born '24
    87
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20192024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kiran

    Rank
    #9,868
    Born '24
    10
    Origin
    Sanskrit
    1880peak 20082024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Karan

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    Sanskrit
    1880peak 19562024