girls:
118 births since 1990
#5598 (2nd percentile)
boys:
487 births since 1990
#4099 (11th percentile)
overall:
605 births since 1990
#7134 (8th percentile)
The name Kieren is the #7,134 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 605 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 7.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,099 (10.6% percentile) for all time with 487 births since 1990. For girls, it ranks #5,598 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 118 births since 1990.
Kieren first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 . Birth data for Kieren is available in 32 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (32 years for boys and 15 years for girls). 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 Kieren has been given predominantly to boys, with 80.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Kieren were boys.
For boys, Kieren reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #803) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kieren ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 47.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kieren reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #935) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kieren".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kieren", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 27 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Kieran" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Kieran..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kieren. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.4% confident that Kieren is pronounced as KIH-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-ruhn, at 28.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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