# Kiril (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kiril/  
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 | 163 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 163 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 91, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8 | 8,745 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,435 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,382 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,537 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,509 |
| 2010 | 15 | 5,913 |
| 2011 | 11 | 7,281 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,604 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,531 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,175 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,157 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,534 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,516 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,367 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,070 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Kiril

- Kiril Metkov, Bulgarian association football player
- Kiril Petkov, Bulgarian politician, economist and entrepreneur
- Kiril Ivkov, Bulgarian footballer
- Kiril Georgiev, Bulgarian and Macedonian chess grandmaster
- Kiril Rakarov, Bulgarian footballer (1932-2006)
- Kiril Kotev, Bulgarian footballer
- Kiril Milanov, Bulgarian footballer (1948-2011)
- Kiril Hristov, Bulgarian footballer (1949-1992)
- Kiril Simonovski, Footballer (1915-1984)
- Kiril Vajarov, Bulgarian ice hockey player (1988–2009)
- Kiril Akalski, football player
- Kiril Bratanov, Bulgarian biologist (1911-1986)

## 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.