Kienan — #12750 US boys' name
316 babies named Kienan in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to boys today.
44% of everyone ever named Kienan was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Kienan in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kienan
The Social Security Administration has registered 316 babies named Kienan between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kienan currently holds the #12750 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kienan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kienan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kienan 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 316 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.
Kienan at a glance
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Current rank
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Kienan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (1995)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #12750 among boys.
316 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 22 births in a single year.
Kienan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 139 births that decade — 44% of Kienan's all-time total
Kienan decade highlights
- Peak decade 139 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kienan's strongest decade
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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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, 1982–2024 (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.