Kieran*
#834 most common boys' name of all time · #1,910 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1918–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#834
Rank overall
#1,910 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
19,218
Since 2016
6,420
Peak year
2025 #389
Best rank
#389 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 828/yr
Kieran first appears in 1918. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 817 | 828 | #389 |
| 2024 | 11 | 716 | 727 | #440 |
| 2023 | 21 | 636 | 657 | #477 |
| 2022 | 31 | 621 | 652 | #490 |
| 2021 | 8 | 598 | 606 | #493 |
| 2020 | 21 | 558 | 579 | #514 |
| 2019 | 25 | 581 | 606 | #493 |
| 2018 | 22 | 579 | 601 | #498 |
| 2017 | 34 | 567 | 601 | #512 |
| 2016 | 23 | 540 | 563 | #539 |
| 2015 | 29 | 560 | 589 | #513 |
| 2014 | 33 | 483 | 516 | #577 |
| 2013 | 35 | 471 | 506 | #560 |
| 2012 | 36 | 470 | 506 | #555 |
| 2011 | 51 | 562 | 613 | #474 |
| 2010 | 53 | 469 | 522 | #540 |
| 2009 | 63 | 528 | 591 | #510 |
| 2008 | 67 | 502 | 569 | #532 |
| 2007 | 77 | 450 | 527 | #571 |
| 2006 | 54 | 445 | 499 | #563 |
| 2005 | 56 | 408 | 464 | #572 |
| 2004 | 56 | 425 | 481 | #544 |
| 2003 | 52 | 429 | 481 | #537 |
| 2002 | 57 | 399 | 456 | #556 |
| 2001 | 55 | 410 | 465 | #534 |
| 2000 | 54 | 416 | 470 | #528 |
| 1999 | 59 | 319 | 378 | #596 |
| 1998 | 60 | 292 | 352 | #625 |
| 1997 | 36 | 259 | 295 | #643 |
| 1996 | 42 | 278 | 320 | #624 |
| 1995 | 32 | 265 | 297 | #639 |
| 1994 | 31 | 233 | 264 | #680 |
| 1993 | 23 | 192 | 215 | #755 |
| 1992 | 17 | 125 | 142 | #964 |
| 1991 | 15 | 105 | 120 | #1,060 |
| 1990 | 12 | 109 | 121 | #1,017 |
| 1989 | 8 | 84 | 92 | #1,159 |
| 1988 | 12 | 64 | 76 | #1,290 |
| 1987 | 11 | 60 | 71 | #1,263 |
| 1986 | 12 | 62 | 74 | #1,222 |
| 1985 | 14 | 65 | 79 | #1,162 |
| 1984 | 13 | 74 | 87 | #1,038 |
| 1983 | 13 | 49 | 62 | #1,338 |
| 1982 | 19 | 59 | 78 | #1,212 |
| 1981 | 8 | 50 | 58 | #1,324 |
| 1980 | 9 | 43 | 52 | #1,459 |
| 1979 | 7 | 50 | 57 | #1,315 |
| 1978 | 5 | 47 | 52 | #1,339 |
| 1977 | 6 | 43 | 49 | #1,399 |
| 1976 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,555 |
| 1975 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,371 |
| 1974 | 15 | 36 | 51 | #1,461 |
| 1973 | 5 | 39 | 44 | #1,344 |
| 1972 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #1,702 |
| 1971 | 10 | 53 | 63 | #1,135 |
| 1970 | 6 | 44 | 50 | #1,257 |
| 1969 | 6 | 31 | 37 | #1,457 |
| 1968 | 5 | 35 | 40 | #1,309 |
| 1967 | 8 | 42 | 50 | #1,161 |
| 1966 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,213 |
| 1965 | 10 | 46 | 56 | #1,102 |
| 1964 | 7 | 39 | 46 | #1,258 |
| 1963 | 7 | 33 | 40 | #1,369 |
| 1962 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,383 |
| 1961 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,276 |
| 1960 | 6 | 37 | 43 | #1,315 |
| 1959 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #1,408 |
| 1958 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,340 |
| 1957 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,505 |
| 1956 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,714 |
| 1955 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,533 |
| 1954 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,419 |
| 1953 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,761 |
| 1952 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #1,851 |
| 1951 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 1950 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1949 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #2,763 |
| 1948 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,421 |
| 1947 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,343 |
| 1946 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,673 |
| 1944 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,449 |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,171 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,882 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,079 |
| 1939 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,076 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,829 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,918 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,012 |
| 1934 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,725 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,156 |
| 1931 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,850 |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,214 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,558 |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,666 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,751 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,704 |
| 1921 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,496 |
| 1918 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,355 |