Kieran

What Kieran means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kieran yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #512 in 2015 to #389 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kieran?

US: Rising: up from #512 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #268 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 817 boys got the name (#389 that year). First in the US records in 1918.

How common

• About 1 in 2,091 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,771 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,964 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (1.82 per 1,000 boys), ID (1.39 per 1,000 boys), CT (1.21 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Kieran is #389 in the US and #639 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.7% of US babies named Kieran were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kieren16 US
• Kieron5 US · 6 E&W
• Kirian6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kieran

Boys

• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Kian#400Editor’s note Up from #489 in 2015 to #400 in 2025 in the US
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Lachlan#606Editor’s note Up from #767 in 2015 to #606 in 2025 in the US
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025

For a sister

• Rowan#249“little red one”^*
• Kenna#759“descendant of Cionaodh”^*
• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, Sanskrit & Indian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kieran’s. Rank is US 2025.