girls:
85 births since 1941
#5631 (1st percentile)
boys:
29 births since 2018
#4557 (1st percentile)
overall:
114 births since 1941
#7625 (1st percentile)
The name Kayren is the #7,625 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 114 recorded births since 1941. This represents the 1.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,631 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 85 births since 1941. For boys, it ranks #4,557 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 29 births since 2018.
Kayren first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1941 (1941 for girls and 2018 for boys). Birth data for Kayren is available in 19 out of the 83 years between 1941 and 2023 (14 years for girls and 5 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kayren has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Kayren were girls. Interestingly, until around 2018, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1941 to 2017), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2018 to 2023).
For girls, Kayren reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #760) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1995.
For boys, Kayren reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #912) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Kayren is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #910 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayren".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kayren. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.4% confident that Kayren is pronounced as KAY-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-rehn, at 35.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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