Kirin**
#4,855 most common boys' name of all time · #11,999 across all names · 58% male / 42% female · used 1977–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,855
Rank overall
#11,999 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
983
Since 2016
309
Peak year
2011 #3,552
Best rank
#3,126 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 47/yr
Kirin first appears in 1977. 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 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,083 |
| 2024 | 6 | 39 | 45 | #3,126 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #7,045 |
| 2022 | 6 | 35 | 41 | #3,379 |
| 2021 | 6 | 29 | 35 | #3,781 |
| 2020 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #4,347 |
| 2019 | 7 | 36 | 43 | #3,226 |
| 2018 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,996 |
| 2017 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #6,464 |
| 2016 | 10 | 26 | 36 | #4,047 |
| 2015 | 11 | 27 | 38 | #3,936 |
| 2014 | 9 | 30 | 39 | #3,576 |
| 2013 | 11 | 18 | 29 | #5,073 |
| 2012 | 11 | 25 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2011 | 17 | 30 | 47 | #3,552 |
| 2010 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #4,753 |
| 2009 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #5,008 |
| 2008 | 14 | 22 | 36 | #4,464 |
| 2007 | 17 | 22 | 39 | #4,435 |
| 2006 | 16 | 17 | 33 | #5,202 |
| 2005 | 14 | 12 | 26 | #6,394 |
| 2004 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #5,656 |
| 2003 | 15 | 11 | 26 | #6,457 |
| 2002 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2001 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #9,690 |
| 2000 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #9,575 |
| 1999 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #8,212 |
| 1998 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #8,939 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1996 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1995 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #8,269 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1993 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1991 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1990 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1989 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1988 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1986 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1983 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1982 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | — |