# Kieron (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kieron/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ciaran, Keiron, Kieran, Keiran |
| US babies named this | 730 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 730 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,553, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ciaran.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 5,332 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,554 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,096 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,883 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,537 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,936 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,893 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,259 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,274 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,366 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7,896 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,523 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,614 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,451 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,063 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 77 | 479 |
| 2012 | 65 | 559 |
| 2013 | 49 | 676 |
| 2014 | 41 | 765 |
| 2015 | 37 | 833 |
| 2016 | 30 | 974 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,146 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Kieron

- Kieron Dyer, English footballer (born 1978)
- Kieron Achara, British basketball player
- Kieron Gillen, British journalist and comics writer
- Kieron Moore, British actor
- Kieron Williamson, British painter

## 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.