Girls' name · since 1994
Kierney
35 babies named Kierney in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 35
- total births
- 1994–2007
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
Kierney is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 35 have been recorded since 1994.
Social Security Administration records show Kierney recorded 35 times among girls since 1994, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2007.
- 35 total births
- 1994–2007 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 60% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kierney's 35 recorded births place it above 46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kierney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kierney splits its recorded history at 1999: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2007 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kierney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2007
- Peak year (2003)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Kierney by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kierney's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Kierney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 21 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Kierney's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (21 total births) through the 2000s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1994–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kierney: Baby Name Since 1994 - 35 Births, Peak 2003." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kierney. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kierney 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 July 2026.