girls:
5 births since 2003
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
153 births since 1994
#4433 (3rd percentile)
overall:
158 births since 1994
#7581 (2nd percentile)
The name Kire is the #7,581 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 158 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 2.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,433 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 153 births since 1994. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2003.
Kire first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for boys and 2003 for girls). Birth data for Kire is available in 22 out of the 29 years between 1994 and 2022 (21 years for boys and 1 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 Kire has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Kire reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #907) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Kire reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #907) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2003.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kire".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kire", 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 "Kyaire" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Kyaire..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kire. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.2% confident that Kire is pronounced as kire, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kihr, at 27.8% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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