Kierin — boys' name
37 babies named Kierin in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
37 boys have been named Kierin since 2002, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2017.
- 37
- total births
- 2002–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Kierin was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kierin in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kierin
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Kierin between 2002 and 2017, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kierin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Kierin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 17 additional births since 1995.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kierin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kierin shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kierin 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 37 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.
Kierin at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kierin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2002
- Peak year (2014)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
37 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 8 births in a single year.
Kierin popularity over time — girls
17 total births recorded since 1995 (Kierin as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Kierin accounts for 31% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kierin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 20 births that decade — 54% of Kierin's all-time total
Kierin decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kierin's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% 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, 2002–2017 (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.