NameTides

Kieran

Kieran was the #389 boys' name in the US in 2025 (817 babies), and #639 in England & Wales and #356 in Canada.

Kieran as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Kieran as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandUSIrelandNorthern IrelandEngland & Wales
Kieran as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#389 (817)#639 (57)#333 (10)#395 (3)#348 (11)#356 (93)—
2024#440 (716)#664 (56)#246 (16)—#394 (9)#326 (100)—
2023#477 (636)#719 (47)#435 (7)#395 (3)#330 (12)#401 (73)—
2022#490 (621)#615 (59)#256 (15)#414 (3)#349 (12)#419 (69)—
2021#493 (598)#605 (62)#262 (16)—#186 (28)#316 (108)—
2020#514 (558)#420 (97)#168 (27)#270 (6)#381 (10)#380 (81)—
2019#493 (581)#374 (116)#153 (36)#312 (5)#237 (20)#315 (103)—
2018#497 (579)#380 (115)#146 (41)#319 (5)#262 (18)#342 (95)—
2017#512 (567)#357 (131)#119 (51)#250 (7)#220 (25)#318 (104)—
2016#539 (540)#314 (153)#181 (32)#281 (6)#190 (30)#305 (114)—
2015#512 (560)#268 (191)#136 (44)#201 (11)#194 (29)#282 (121)—
2014#575 (483)#206 (275)#122 (51)#243 (8)#193 (30)#265 (130)—
2013#557 (471)#190 (294)#101 (65)#200 (11)#152 (42)#226 (157)—
2012#554 (470)#171 (343)#100 (68)#273 (6)#227 (25)#270 (124)—
2011#474 (562)#129 (495)#83 (87)#204 (10)#152 (46)#223 (150)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #389.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kieran is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,800 to 1 in 2,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kieran by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #231WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #282WAIdaho: #214IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #251MNIllinois: #457ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #307NYMassachusetts: #223MAOregon: #312ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #192SDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #545INOhio: #312OHPennsylvania: #217PANew Jersey: #272NJConnecticut: #210CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #371CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #262CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #489MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #296VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #297KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #452TNNorth Carolina: #485NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #594GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #730TXFlorida: #489FL
Kieran (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#25354
Quebec2025#6236

Kieran (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KieranCanadaGirls—too few
KieranCanadaBoys#35693
KieranEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KieranEngland & WalesBoys#63957
KieranIrelandBoys#34811
KieranNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
KieranNSWBoys—too few
KieranScotlandGirls—too few
KieranScotlandBoys#33310
KieranUSGirls#8,86011
KieranUSBoys#389817