first name
KIERAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,306 people named Kieran, 73.8% reported their origin as White, 11.5% as two or more races and 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 90.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kieran peaked in 2025, when 828 babies got the name.
At least 19,218 babies have been given the name since 1918. 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.
Kieran by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #922. The largest share of babies named Kieran, 41.8%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Kieran is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kieran has been most common in Colorado (2.2×), Washington (2.2×), and New Jersey (2.1×), and least common in Alabama (0.18×).
15,066 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 Kieran
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kieran, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kieran ranks #54,521 of 156,621, with 408 people. See Kieran as a last name
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