Boys' name · since 2016
Kyir
Kyir has 48 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,471 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,614 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 48
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kyir is the #7614 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 48 recorded since 2016.
Kyir has 48 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7614 as of the latest data, more common than 45% 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 2016 to 2025.
- #22,471 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,614 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 48 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kyir ranks #22,471 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,614 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 48 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,471 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,614 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 48
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kyir's 48 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kyir compares
48 16th 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
Kyir's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kyir | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 48 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kyir's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kyir splits its recorded history at 2023: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2016 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kyir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Kyir by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (43 births, 90% of the file).
2020s was Kyir's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 90% of all-time use.
Kyir births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 43 births (90% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kyir: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Kyir 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.