Kieryn — unisex name
195 babies named Kieryn in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
195 girls have been named Kieryn since 1995, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2021.
- 195
- total births
- 1995–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Kieryn was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Kieryn in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kieryn
The Social Security Administration has registered 195 babies named Kieryn between 1995 and 2021, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kieryn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Kieryn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 61 additional births since 2007.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kieryn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kieryn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kieryn 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 195 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.
Kieryn at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kieryn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1995
- Peak year (2010)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
195 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 20 births in a single year.
Kieryn popularity over time — boys
61 total births recorded since 2007 (Kieryn as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Kieryn accounts for 24% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kieryn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 96 births that decade — 49% of Kieryn's all-time total
Kieryn decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 82 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kieryn's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1995–2021 (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.