Chiron
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Chiron is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Chiron mean?
Greek
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Chiron a girl's or a boy's name?
Chiron is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chiron in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Chiron, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Chiron in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chiron in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
Names like Chiron
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chozen Kairo Tru Kaizen Kashton Kenzo Huxton Sutton Kingston Kota Dutton Kasai
Names related to Chiron
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chiron: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chiron, updated 20 October 2026.