Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kier

#7,292 most common boys' name of all time · #18,331 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1963–2025

Rank among boys
#7,292
Rank overall
#18,331 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
500
Since 2016
74
Peak year
1995 #3,149
Best rank
#2,663 1971
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
198020002020

Kier first appears in 1963. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,300
2024 — 7 7 #10,099
2022 — 8 8 #9,161
2021 — 16 16 #5,630
2019 — 15 15 #5,879
2018 — 10 10 #7,738
2017 — 6 6 #11,067
2016 — 7 7 #9,879
2015 — 7 7 #9,785
2014 — 7 7 #9,860
2013 — 13 13 #6,329
2012 — 5 5 #12,609
2011 — 10 10 #7,639
2010 — 8 8 #9,002
2009 — 9 9 #8,455
2008 — 7 7 #10,103
2007 — 9 9 #8,354
2006 — 5 5 #12,421
2005 — 9 9 #7,824
2004 — 8 8 #8,330
2003 — 14 14 #5,356
2002 — 12 12 #5,837
2001 — 5 5 #10,924
2000 — 10 10 #6,459
1999 — 13 13 #5,131
1998 — 15 15 #4,495
1997 — 14 14 #4,543
1996 — 8 8 #6,689
1995 — 22 22 #3,149
1994 5 8 13 #6,585
1993 — 10 10 #5,525
1992 — 11 11 #5,028
1991 — 15 15 #3,910
1990 — 14 14 #4,058
1989 — 8 8 #5,892
1986 — 8 8 #5,088
1984 — 5 5 #6,725
1983 — 6 6 #5,856
1977 — 6 6 #5,499
1976 — 10 10 #3,625
1975 — 9 9 #3,838
1974 — 7 7 #4,478
1973 — 12 12 #2,985
1972 — 12 12 #2,958
1971 — 14 14 #2,663
1970 6 7 13 #4,139
1969 — 9 9 #3,290
1968 — 8 8 #3,346
1966 — 10 10 #2,780
1965 — 5 5 #4,366
1964 — 6 6 #4,011
1963 — 5 5 #4,596