How rare is the name Keren?

5,666 people in the United States have the first name Keren, about 1 in 53,306. It ranks #3,610 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KEREN

#3,610

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,666
About
1 in 53,306
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,666 people named Keren, 51.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 31.1% as White and 10.7% as Black. 98.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Keren peaked in 2019, when 189 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19392025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
189
In 2025*
66 ▼65%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,014 babies have been given the name since 1939. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Keren by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,981. The largest share of babies named Keren, 35.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1930s#11,9535
1940s#6,70954
1950s#5,010132
1960s#4,412196
1970s#3,646355
1980s#3,569470
1990s#3,459685
2000s#3,0201,154
2010s#2,9811,301
2020s#3,331662
Silent Generation 1928–450.5%
Baby boom 1946–645.5%
Generation X 1965–809.5%
Millennials 1981–9617.7%
Generation Z 1997–1235.5%
2013 and later31.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Keren is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Keren has been most common in Florida (3.4×), Texas (3×), and Maryland (2.7×), and least common in Georgia (0.85×).

2,860 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Keren

#3,608 Edie · 5,667#3,608 Lucien · 5,667#3,611 Carmel · 5,664#3,612 Felicitas · 5,660

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Keren, most common first.

#8,592 Kerin · 1,683#10,360 Keron · 1,293#14,496 Kern · 813#16,800 Kerem · 666#22,492 Keryn · 442#29,024 Keran · 307#43,791 Keiren · 160#45,502 Kerena · 149

Also a last name

As a last name, Keren ranks #68,789 of 156,621, with 308 people. See Keren as a last name

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