# Kieran (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kieran/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɪɹˌɔn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Keiran, Kyran |
| US babies named this | 19,218 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17,613 / 1,605 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 30,513, 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 | 51 | 3,246 |
| 2012 | 36 | 4,177 |
| 2013 | 35 | 4,206 |
| 2014 | 33 | 4,409 |
| 2015 | 29 | 4,794 |
| 2016 | 23 | 5,718 |
| 2017 | 34 | 4,266 |
| 2018 | 22 | 5,696 |
| 2019 | 25 | 5,232 |
| 2020 | 21 | 5,758 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,672 |
| 2022 | 31 | 4,531 |
| 2023 | 21 | 5,862 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,259 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,184 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 562 | 474 |
| 2012 | 470 | 554 |
| 2013 | 471 | 558 |
| 2014 | 483 | 576 |
| 2015 | 560 | 512 |
| 2016 | 540 | 539 |
| 2017 | 567 | 512 |
| 2018 | 579 | 497 |
| 2019 | 581 | 493 |
| 2020 | 558 | 514 |
| 2021 | 598 | 493 |
| 2022 | 621 | 490 |
| 2023 | 636 | 477 |
| 2024 | 716 | 440 |
| 2025 | 817 | 389 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1997 | 11 | 1,543 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 495 | 129 |
| 2012 | 343 | 171 |
| 2013 | 294 | 190 |
| 2014 | 275 | 206 |
| 2015 | 191 | 268 |
| 2016 | 153 | 314 |
| 2017 | 131 | 357 |
| 2018 | 115 | 380 |
| 2019 | 116 | 374 |
| 2020 | 97 | 420 |
| 2021 | 62 | 605 |
| 2022 | 59 | 615 |
| 2023 | 47 | 719 |
| 2024 | 56 | 664 |
| 2025 | 57 | 639 |

## People named Kieran

- Kieran Trippier, English association football player (born 1990)
- Kieran Gibbs, English association football player (born 1989)
- Kieran Culkin, American actor (born 1982)
- Kieran Richardson, English association football player (born 1984)
- Kieran Dowell, English association football player
- Kieran Smith, American swimmer
- Kieran McKenna, association football manager (born 1986)
- Kieran Reilly, British bicycle motocross rider
- Kieran Agard, English footballer (born 1989)
- Kieran Lee, British footballer (born 1988)
- Kieran West, British rower
- Kieran Govers, Australian field hockey player (1988-)

## 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.