Keiron
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Keiron is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Keiron mean?
Irish: spelling of Keiran
A male given name from Irish. An Irish spelling of the name Kieran or Kieron.
Meaning borrowed from Keiran. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Keiron a girl's or a boy's name?
Keiron is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keiron in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Keiron, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 86 boys.
Half of all the boys named Keiron in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 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.
Keiron in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 36 | #892 |
| 2010 | 38 | #848 |
| 2009 | 55 | #654 |
| 2008 | 45 | #734 |
| 2007 | 34 | #858 |
| 2006 | 61 | #540 |
| 2005 | 48 | #613 |
| 2004 | 50 | #565 |
| 2003 | 57 | #480 |
| 2002 | 56 | #444 |
| 2001 | 75 | #378 |
| 2000 | 73 | #373 |
| 1999 | 55 | #444 |
| 1998 | 72 | #367 |
| 1997 | 74 | #365 |
| 1996 | 86 | #320 |
How popular is Keiron in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Keiron in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keiron in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
Names like Keiron
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Aiden, Kian, Declan, Finn, Keelan, Kayden, Conan, Ronan, Brogan, Kody, Keenan
Names related to Keiron
Kieron, Keiran, Kairon, Kron, Keiren, Kern, Kiron, Kiren, Keron, Kerin
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, “Keiron: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keiron, updated 20 October 2026.