How rare is the name Kiran?

10,388 people in the United States have the first name Kiran, about 1 in 29,075. It ranks #2,398 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KIRAN

#2,398

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,388
About
1 in 29,075
This common or more
79.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,388 people named Kiran, 73.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 13.3% as two or more races and 7.6% as White. 57% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kiran peaked in 2008, when 198 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
198
In 2025*
172 ▼13%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 5,041 babies have been given the name since 1966. 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.

Kiran by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,477. The largest share of babies named Kiran, 45%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#13,33215
1970s#5,300203
1980s#4,030388
1990s#3,331720
2000s#2,4771,526
2010s#2,8371,385
2020s#2,909804
Generation X 1965–805.1%
Millennials 1981–9615.4%
Generation Z 1997–1245%
2013 and later34.5%

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 Kiran is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kiran has been most common in District of Columbia (3.5×), California (3.4×), and New York (2.9×), and least common in Ohio (0.34×).

2,241 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 Kiran

#2,396 Lakeisha · 10,409#2,397 Russel · 10,399#2,399 Norberto · 10,382#2,400 Nita · 10,378

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,875 Kieran · 15,306#13,429 Kirin · 900#22,398 Kiren · 445#25,022 Kiron · 381#37,394 Kirian · 209

Also a last name

As a last name, Kiran ranks #34,625 of 156,621, with 704 people. See Kiran as a last name

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