Keren
Girl · KAIR-en · Hebrew
Keren is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “horn; ray of light”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
What does Keren mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew keren; short for Keren-happuch
“horn; ray of light”
Short for Keren-happuch, one of Job's daughters; in Hebrew keren also means a ray of light.
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Is Keren a girl's or a boy's name?
Keren is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 66 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keren in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Keren, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 25 girls.
Half of all the girls named Keren in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Keren in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,390 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 19 | #1,090 |
How popular is Keren in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Keren, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,236th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 189 girls. It first appears in the records in 1939.
2025 had fewer girls named Keren than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Keren in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keren in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 87 | #2,178 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,946 |
| 2022 | 92 | #2,087 |
| 2021 | 132 | #1,584 |
| 2020 | 184 | #1,236 |
| 2019 | 189 | #1,239 |
| 2018 | 128 | #1,650 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,917 |
| 2016 | 133 | #1,636 |
| 2015 | 121 | #1,731 |
| 2014 | 113 | #1,804 |
| 2013 | 113 | #1,807 |
| 2012 | 122 | #1,705 |
| 2011 | 141 | #1,554 |
| 2010 | 136 | #1,593 |
| 2009 | 134 | #1,660 |
| 2008 | 157 | #1,486 |
| 2007 | 121 | #1,770 |
| 2006 | 124 | #1,691 |
| 2005 | 102 | #1,893 |
| 2004 | 105 | #1,810 |
| 2003 | 120 | #1,604 |
| 2002 | 97 | #1,842 |
| 2001 | 94 | #1,857 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,740 |
| 1999 | 78 | #1,996 |
| 1998 | 84 | #1,827 |
| 1997 | 65 | #2,135 |
| 1996 | 76 | #1,896 |
| 1995 | 63 | #2,120 |
| 1994 | 62 | #2,162 |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,040 |
| 1992 | 64 | #2,100 |
| 1991 | 64 | #2,086 |
| 1990 | 62 | #2,096 |
| 1989 | 55 | #2,189 |
| 1988 | 50 | #2,246 |
| 1987 | 51 | #2,127 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,979 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,282 |
| 1984 | 45 | #2,191 |
| 1983 | 44 | #2,197 |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,288 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,265 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,440 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,112 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,915 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,091 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,936 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,961 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,856 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,874 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,049 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,682 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,317 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,485 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
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