Boys' name · since 2010
Kierson
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Kierson, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,836 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,508 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kierson currently ranks #11508 among boys' names in America, with 16 babies recorded since 2010.
Kierson has 16 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11508 as of the latest data, more common than 17% 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 2010 to 2025.
- #30,836 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,508 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 16 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kierson ranks #30,836 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,508 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 16 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,836 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,508 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kierson's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kierson compares
16 6th percentile among 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
Kierson's all-time total is 96% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kierson | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kierson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kierson splits its recorded history at 2017: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kierson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Kierson by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Kierson's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Kierson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window. * 2020s covers 2020–2025 only (six of ten years), so it is not directly comparable to a full decade.
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s*
2020s (partial decade: 2020–2025, six of ten years)
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Kierson's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (6, 2020–2025 only) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kierson: 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 (~15 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, 2010–2025 (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 Kierson 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.