Unisex name · since 1918
Kieran
Kieran has 17,613 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #890 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #389 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,613
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kieran currently ranks #389 among unisex names in America, with 17,613 babies recorded since 1918.
Kieran has 17,613 recorded births among boys since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #389 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of boys, 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 1918 to 2025.
- #890 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #389 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 17,613 born since 1918
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kieran ranks #890 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #389 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 17,613 born since 1918, peaking in the 2010s.
- #890 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #389 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,613
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kieran's 17,613 recorded births place it above 98.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Kieran compares
17,613 Top 7% higher than 93% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kieran's all-time total is 48x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kieran | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17,613 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 817 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kieran's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kieran's full recorded timeline at 1976, 94% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 6% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 817 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kieran popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 817
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Kieran popularity over time - girls
1,605 total births recorded since 1949 (Kieran as girls' name)
Kieran by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (5,282 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Kieran's strongest decade.
5,282 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Kieran births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 8
1910s
8 births
- 1920s 38
1920s
38 births
- 1930s 48
1930s
48 births
- 1940s 81
1940s
81 births
- 1950s 222
1950s
222 births
- 1960s 374
1960s
374 births
- 1970s 415
1970s
415 births
- 1980s 610
1980s
610 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,177 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,412 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,282 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,946 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 5,282 births (30% of all-time use).
How Kieran compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kieran's total volume
Kieran by state
Where Kieran concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 2,289 | 13.0% |
| #2 | California | | 1,928 | 10.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 1,071 | 6.1% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 891 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Texas | | 706 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 563 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 563 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 562 | 3.2% |
2,289 of 17,613 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Kieran appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kieran's data
- Kieran's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (5,282 total births) through the 2020s (3,946) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Kierans (2,289 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kieran: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Kieran 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.