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A given name in English
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01 / Meaning & origin
Kieren is a masculine given name.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States, 2025: 16 boys (rank 5608). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1944–2017 Spelling: KIEREN
Recorded category boys
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Source: Attorney-General's Department, South Australia · South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
No rounding stated; amounts are integers (valueStatus=observed).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | 1 | 427 | observed |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | 2 | 373 | observed |
| 1971 | 1 | 512 | observed |
| 1972 | 4 | 233 | observed |
| 1973 | 1 | 454 | observed |
| 1974 | 5 | 206 | observed |
| 1975 | 3 | 270 | observed |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | 2 | 322 | observed |
| 1978 | 2 | 319 | observed |
| 1979 | 2 | 331 | observed |
| 1980 | 3 | 254 | observed |
| 1981 | 1 | 425 | observed |
| 1982 | 2 | 306 | observed |
| 1983 | 1 | 443 | observed |
| 1984 | 1 | 455 | observed |
| 1985 | 1 | 449 | observed |
| 1986 | 1 | 460 | observed |
| 1987 | 1 | 464 | observed |
| 1988 | 1 | 476 | observed |
| 1989 | 2 | 345 | observed |
| 1990 | 4 | 235 | observed |
| 1991 | 6 | 193 | observed |
| 1992 | 12 | 133 | observed |
| 1993 | 11 | 142 | observed |
| 1994 | 20 | 98 | observed |
| 1995 | 13 | 131 | observed |
| 1996 | 3 | 293 | observed |
| 1997 | 5 | 220 | observed |
| 1998 | 8 | 166 | observed |
| 1999 | 3 | 300 | observed |
| 2000 | 5 | 220 | observed |
| 2001 | 1 | 581 | observed |
| 2002 | 3 | 311 | observed |
| 2003 | 2 | 395 | observed |
| 2004 | 1 | 589 | observed |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | 3 | 328 | observed |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | 1 | 754 | observed |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | 1 | 803 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “KIEREN” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Kieren— “black”
Kieren, _m._ _Irish_, Kelt. black, 256
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Australian swimmer
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06 / Behind the facts
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South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
