girls:
1.8k births since 1966
#3939 (31st percentile)
boys:
2.9k births since 1970
#2349 (49th percentile)
overall:
4.7k births since 1966
#3980 (49th percentile)
The name Kiran is the #3,980 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,716 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 48.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,349 (48.8% percentile) for all time with 2,867 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #3,939 (31.1% percentile) for all time with 1,849 births since 1966.
Kiran first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 1970 for boys). Birth data for Kiran is available in 56 out of the 58 years between 1966 and 2023 (56 years for girls and 52 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 Kiran has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 90.8% of babies named Kiran were boys. Interestingly, until around 2003, the name was more popular for girls (58.0% girls from 1966 to 2002), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (71.3% boys from 2003 to 2023).
For boys, Kiran reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 13.2% percentile (ranked #786) with 61 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 63 births per million (ranked 12.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kiran ranks #807 for boys (11.4% percentile) with 60 births per million, which is 94.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kiran reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 8.1% percentile (ranked #822) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 39 births per million (ranked 8.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kiran ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 16.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kiran".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kiran. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Kiran is pronounced as KIH-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kih-RAHN, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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