Keiran — #5124 US boys' name
1,027 babies named Keiran in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Keiran was born in this single decade.
63 babies were named Keiran in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keiran
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,027 babies named Keiran between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keiran currently holds the #5124 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 63 babies received it in a single year. Keiran is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 143 additional births since 1998.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keiran performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 427 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Keiran shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 53 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Keiran in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keiran in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,027 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Keiran at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keiran popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2011)
- 63
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #5124 among boys.
1,027 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 63 births in a single year.
Keiran popularity over time — girls
143 total births recorded since 1998 (Keiran as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Keiran accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Keiran by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 427 births that decade — 42% of Keiran's all-time total
Keiran decade highlights
- Peak decade 427 births
- Runner-up 359 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Keiran's strongest decade
427 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Keiran by state
Where Keiran concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 53 | 5.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 18 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 17 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 15 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 12 | 1.2% |
53 of 1,027 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.2% of nationwide
- New York 1.8% of nationwide
- Texas 1.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.