Kiernan**
#2,776 most common boys' name of all time · #6,693 across all names · 72% male / 28% female · used 1957–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,776
Rank overall
#6,693 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
2,448
Since 2016
530
Peak year
2008 #1,881
Best rank
#1,688 2000
Girls
Boys
peak 104/yr
Kiernan first appears in 1957. 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 | 9 | 34 | 43 | #3,402 |
| 2024 | 6 | 39 | 45 | #3,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | 29 | 41 | #3,824 |
| 2022 | 14 | 31 | 45 | #3,642 |
| 2021 | 17 | 41 | 58 | #2,986 |
| 2020 | 21 | 33 | 54 | #3,363 |
| 2019 | 29 | 29 | 58 | #3,739 |
| 2018 | 19 | 43 | 62 | #2,808 |
| 2017 | 25 | 54 | 79 | #2,398 |
| 2016 | 13 | 32 | 45 | #3,470 |
| 2015 | 11 | 40 | 51 | #2,935 |
| 2014 | 14 | 42 | 56 | #2,828 |
| 2013 | 16 | 34 | 50 | #3,217 |
| 2012 | 11 | 41 | 52 | #2,882 |
| 2011 | 14 | 60 | 74 | #2,181 |
| 2010 | 22 | 74 | 96 | #1,917 |
| 2009 | 23 | 66 | 89 | #2,091 |
| 2008 | 27 | 77 | 104 | #1,881 |
| 2007 | 21 | 66 | 87 | #2,082 |
| 2006 | 16 | 49 | 65 | #2,485 |
| 2005 | 17 | 67 | 84 | #1,899 |
| 2004 | 19 | 56 | 75 | #2,115 |
| 2003 | 25 | 69 | 94 | #1,755 |
| 2002 | 34 | 67 | 101 | #1,737 |
| 2001 | 28 | 60 | 88 | #1,853 |
| 2000 | 24 | 68 | 92 | #1,688 |
| 1999 | 26 | 48 | 74 | #2,007 |
| 1998 | 20 | 39 | 59 | #2,287 |
| 1997 | 17 | 40 | 57 | #2,178 |
| 1996 | 22 | 50 | 72 | #1,829 |
| 1995 | 15 | 34 | 49 | #2,330 |
| 1994 | 14 | 38 | 52 | #2,156 |
| 1993 | 16 | 32 | 48 | #2,378 |
| 1992 | 8 | 21 | 29 | #3,159 |
| 1991 | 13 | 20 | 33 | #3,165 |
| 1990 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,686 |
| 1989 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,910 |
| 1988 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #4,013 |
| 1987 | 8 | 14 | 22 | #3,438 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,567 |
| 1985 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #4,193 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,739 |
| 1983 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #6,654 |
| 1982 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #3,856 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,212 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1978 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #6,197 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,992 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,353 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,171 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,271 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,525 |