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Kieran

Pronounced /ˈkɪəˌɹɔːn/

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

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 713 boys were named Kieran, about 1 in every 2,406.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1918.
  • 16,788 boys 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. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 33 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 95 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 450 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 652 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,874 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,783 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,901 babies, 0.32 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

    Kiran

    Rank
    #1,342
    Born '24
    142
    Origin
    Sanskrit
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kyran

    Rank
    #1,973
    Born '24
    79
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20122024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Karan

    Rank
    #5,761
    Born '24
    16
    Origin
    Sanskrit
    1880peak 19952024