NameTides

Keren

Keren was the #2,607 girls' name in the US in 2025 (66 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Keren as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Keren as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Keren as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,607 (66)#4,867 (4)——#3,478 (5)
2024#2,178 (87)#5,892 (3)——#2,975 (6)
2023#1,946 (101)#2,689 (9)——#1,774 (12)
2022#2,087 (92)———#1,854 (11)
2021#1,584 (132)#2,711 (9)——#1,522 (15)
2020#1,236 (184)#3,117 (7)——#1,020 (25)
2019#1,239 (189)#4,686 (4)——#1,798 (12)
2018#1,650 (128)#3,985 (5)——#863 (32)
2017#1,917 (105)#4,063 (5)——#949 (28)
2016#1,636 (133)#3,609 (6)——#1,043 (25)
2015#1,731 (121)#2,705 (9)——#1,499 (15)
2014#1,804 (113)#2,314 (11)——#1,901 (11)
2013#1,807 (113)#2,649 (9)#816 (3)—#1,305 (18)
2012#1,705 (122)#2,521 (10)——#3,334 (5)
2011#1,554 (141)#2,893 (8)——#1,588 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #1,236.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1939.

How common is it?

about 1 in 24,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 24,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Keren is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 26,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 21,000 to 1 in 34,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Keren by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Keren (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KerenCanadaGirls#3,4785
KerenEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
KerenIrelandGirls—too few
KerenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KerenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KerenScotlandGirls—too few
KerenUSGirls#2,60766