Kieran: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KEER-uhn · 2 syllables

A given name from Irish, an anglicized form of Ciaran.

How popular is Kieran?

Kieran was the #389 name in the US in 2025, given to 828 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Kieran in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Kieran are older than 26; most are between 18 and 61. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Kieran have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Kieran is pronounced KEER-uhn.

Kieran was the #389 name in the US in 2025, given to 828 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Kieran are older than 26. Most are between 18 and 61.