Kiren — #11466 US boys' name
196 babies named Kiren in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
44% of everyone ever named Kiren was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Kiren in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kiren
The Social Security Administration has registered 196 babies named Kiren between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kiren currently holds the #11466 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Kiren is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 33 additional births since 1999.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiren performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kiren shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kiren 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 196 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.
Kiren at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kiren popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2011)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #11466 among boys.
196 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 12 births in a single year.
Kiren popularity over time — girls
33 total births recorded since 1999 (Kiren as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kiren accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kiren by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 87 births that decade — 44% of Kiren's all-time total
Kiren decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kiren's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% 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, 1996–2024 (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.