# Kieren (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kieren/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 636 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 518 / 118 (19% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,337, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5 | 14,099 |
| 1993 | 6 | 12,632 |
| 1996 | 6 | 12,677 |
| 1999 | 5 | 15,690 |
| 2000 | 6 | 14,107 |
| 2001 | 11 | 9,074 |
| 2002 | 10 | 9,906 |
| 2004 | 6 | 15,157 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15,510 |
| 2006 | 11 | 10,275 |
| 2007 | 7 | 14,735 |
| 2008 | 13 | 9,261 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16,287 |
| 2010 | 14 | 8,515 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,649 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 3,739 |
| 2012 | 21 | 4,615 |
| 2013 | 22 | 4,401 |
| 2014 | 26 | 3,967 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,163 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,202 |
| 2017 | 17 | 5,421 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,434 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,273 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,825 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,526 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,377 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,116 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6,047 |
| 2025 | 16 | 5,736 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 59 | 474 |
| 2006 | 44 | 631 |
| 2007 | 36 | 764 |
| 2008 | 29 | 916 |
| 2009 | 25 | 1,033 |
| 2010 | 20 | 1,241 |
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Kieren

- Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer

## 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.