Unisex name · since 1999
Keiren
Keiren has 93 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,890 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 93
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Keiren sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 93 recorded since 1999.
Keiren has 93 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2024.
- #17,890 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 93 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keiren ranks #17,890 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 93 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,890 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 93
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Keiren's 93 recorded births place it above 60.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keiren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keiren's full recorded timeline at 2015, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keiren popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2024
- Peak year (2021)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Keiren popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2013 (Keiren as girls' name)
Keiren by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (36 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Keiren's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Keiren births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
- 2020s
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 36 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Keiren's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (36 total births) through the 2020s (31) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Keiren: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Keiren draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.