Keiran
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Keiran is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Keiran mean?
Irish
A male given name from Irish. An Irish spelling of the name Kieran or Kieron.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Keiran a girl's or a boy's name?
Keiran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keiran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Keiran, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 275 boys.
Half of all the boys named Keiran in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Keiran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,202 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,162 |
| 2013 | 53 | #699 |
| 2012 | 65 | #610 |
| 2011 | 75 | #532 |
| 2010 | 104 | #416 |
| 2009 | 122 | #361 |
| 2008 | 150 | #308 |
| 2007 | 154 | #285 |
| 2006 | 173 | #245 |
| 2005 | 138 | #273 |
| 2004 | 162 | #241 |
| 2003 | 134 | #263 |
| 2002 | 138 | #243 |
| 2001 | 178 | #206 |
| 2000 | 212 | #180 |
| 1999 | 205 | #184 |
| 1998 | 221 | #174 |
| 1997 | 244 | #161 |
| 1996 | 275 | #146 |
How popular is Keiran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Keiran, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 63 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Keiran in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2015, 14% of the babies named Keiran in the US were girls.
Keiran in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 55 | #2,365 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 50 | #2,460 |
| 2012 | 41 | #2,867 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,104 |
| 2010 | 51 | #2,428 |
| 2009 | 50 | #2,527 |
| 2008 | 50 | #2,514 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Keiran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan Keegan Ronan Aiden Finn Kian Kayden Keelan Brogan Conan Conlan Keenan
Names related to Keiran
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon Cillian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Keiran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keiran, updated 20 October 2026.