girls:
25 births since 1952
#5691 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2008
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
30 births since 1952
#7709 (0th percentile)
The name Keran is the #7,709 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 30 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,691 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 25 births since 1952. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2008.
Keran first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for girls and 2008 for boys). Birth data for Keran is available in 5 out of the 57 years between 1952 and 2008 (4 years for girls and 1 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 Keran has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2008, 0.0% of babies named Keran were girls. Interestingly, until around 1999, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1952 to 1998), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1999 to 2008).
For girls, Keran reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #766) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1966, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1966.
For boys, Keran reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #907) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keran".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Keran. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.4% confident that Keran is pronounced as KEH-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kih-RAHN, at 22.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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