Kiernan

girls:

672 births since 1972

#5044 (12th percentile)

boys:

1.7k births since 1957

#3015 (34th percentile)

overall:

2.4k births since 1957

#5457 (29th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kiernan".

1957 2023 19572023

Key Statistics

Total Births
672
Peak Births
34
Peak Year
2002
First Recorded
1972
Peak Percentile
3.2%
Current Percentile
0.7%
Peak Rank
#743
Current Rank
#940
Female statistics
Total Births
1,687
Peak Births
77
Peak Year
2008
First Recorded
1957
Peak Percentile
7.9%
Current Percentile
2.6%
Peak Rank
#656
Current Rank
#887
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Kiernan

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kiernan. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 76.9% confident that Kiernan is pronounced as KIHR-nuhn. The next most likely pronunciation is KEAR-nuhn, at 23.1% confidence.

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76.9%
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KIHR-nuhn (2 syllables)
Verified
76.9% confidence
K IH1 R N AH0 N
KEAR-nuhn (2 syllables)
23.1% confidence
K IY1 R N AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K IH1 R N AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.