Khyren
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEER-on
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #2,304 for boys
Khyren is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little dark one”. In 2025 it ranked 2,304th for boys in the US (60 babies).
What does Khyren mean?
Irish: spelling of Kyron; probably a spelling of Kieron (Kieran)
“little dark one”
Probably a respelling of Kieron, a form of the Irish name Ciarán.
Meaning borrowed from Kyron.
Is Khyren a girl's or a boy's name?
Khyren is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 60 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khyren in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,304among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 60about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 112% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 60 boys in the US were named Khyren, making it the 2,304th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. It first appears in the records in 1998.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Khyren of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Khyren in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,709 boys in the US were given Khyren or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #231, up from #2,304 for this spelling alone.
Khyren in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,304 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Khyren
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Brayden Aiden Keegan Finn Declan Ronan Kian Raiden Finnegan Kellan Brecken
Other spellings of Khyren
Kieran Kyren Ciaran Kyron Kyran Kirin Kieren Kiren Khyrin Khyron Keeran
Names related to Khyren
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon Cillian
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, “Khyren: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khyren, updated 20 October 2026.