Boys' name · since 2013
Kiro
Kiro has 190 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,277 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,235 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
190 babies have been named Kiro since 2013, making it today's #4235 boys' name.
Kiro has 190 recorded births among boys since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4235 as of the latest data, more common than 70% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #13,277 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,235 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 190 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiro ranks #13,277 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,235 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 190 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,277 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,235 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kiro's 190 recorded births place it above 70.77% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kiro compares
190 37th 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
Kiro's all-time total is 49% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kiro | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 190 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kiro's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kiro's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 76% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 24%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 31, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kiro popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Kiro by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (132 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Kiro's strongest decade.
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Kiro births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s
2020s
132 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 132 births (69% of all-time use).
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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, 2013–2025 (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 Kiro 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.