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Kyren

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,190 in 2015, #582 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,190, 2016: #1,087, 2017: #1,095, 2018: #1,151, 2019: #1,186, 2020: #1,203, 2021: #1,090, 2022: #1,322, 2023: #937, 2024: #806, 2025: #5821 in 3,389 boys in the US, 2025#582 · rising · was #1,190 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,673, 2016: #1,627, 2017: #1,339, 2018: #958, 2019: #1,253, 2020: #993, 2021: #1,023, 2022: #1,268, 2023: #1,461, 2024: #1,402, 2025: #1,1971 in 11,331 boys in E&W, 2025#1,197 · rising · was #1,673 in 2015

Boy’s name

What Kyren means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,190 in 2015, #582 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kyren?

US 2025
#582
504 babies
▲ 224 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1197
24 babies
▲ 205 vs 2024
Scotland 2025
#400
8 babies
▲ 135 vs 2024

US: Rising: up from #1190 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1673 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 504 boys got the name (#582 that year). First in the US records in 1990.

How common

  • About 1 in 3,389 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 11,331 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
  • About 1 in 2,455 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 HI (2.74 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.98 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.92 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

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

US vs UK

Kyren is #582 in the US and #1197 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#5825041 in 3,389#1190
England & Wales#1197241 in 11,331#1673
Scotland#40081 in 2,455–

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kyren were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250504
England & Wales 2025024
US all years since 1880893,996
England & Wales since 19960404

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Kiran155 US · 17 E&W
  • Kyron83 US · 25 E&W
  • Kyran68 US · 30 E&W
  • Kyrin85 US
  • Kairen28 US · 3 E&W
  • Kirin26 US
  • Karon21 US
  • Karan12 US · 8 E&W

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 Kyren

Boys

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  • Enzo#72“home + ruler”
  • Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
  • Rowan#59“little red one”
  • Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”
  • Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”

For a sister

  • Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”
  • Selah#216“to hang”
  • Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
  • Naomi#47“my pleasantness”
  • Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
  • Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kyren’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.

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