# Keren (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keren/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,014 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,014 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 348, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 141 | 1,560 |
| 2012 | 122 | 1,711 |
| 2013 | 113 | 1,812 |
| 2014 | 113 | 1,809 |
| 2015 | 121 | 1,736 |
| 2016 | 133 | 1,641 |
| 2017 | 105 | 1,925 |
| 2018 | 128 | 1,653 |
| 2019 | 189 | 1,240 |
| 2020 | 184 | 1,240 |
| 2021 | 132 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 92 | 2,098 |
| 2023 | 101 | 1,954 |
| 2024 | 87 | 2,186 |
| 2025 | 66 | 2,632 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19 | 1,520 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Keren

- Keren Woodward, British singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.