Kieron
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEER-on
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Kieron is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little dark one”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Kieron mean?
Irish: spelling of Kieran, from Irish Ciarán
“little dark one”
Spelling of Kieran, from Irish Ciarán, the name of several early Irish saints.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kieron a girl's or a boy's name?
Kieron is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kieron in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Kieron, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 506 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kieron in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 228 boys in the UK were given Kieron or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #241, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Kieron in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,115 |
| 2016 | 33 | #988 |
| 2015 | 39 | #871 |
| 2014 | 46 | #756 |
| 2013 | 56 | #664 |
| 2012 | 71 | #568 |
| 2011 | 84 | #491 |
| 2010 | 163 | #303 |
| 2009 | 176 | #283 |
| 2008 | 194 | #255 |
| 2007 | 167 | #269 |
| 2006 | 164 | #256 |
| 2005 | 220 | #206 |
| 2004 | 255 | #179 |
| 2003 | 364 | #147 |
| 2002 | 506 | #111 |
| 2001 | 476 | #113 |
| 2000 | 411 | #124 |
| 1999 | 355 | #133 |
| 1998 | 328 | #139 |
| 1997 | 317 | #138 |
| 1996 | 295 | #144 |
How popular is Kieron in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Kieron, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kieron than any year since 1986.
Half of all the boys named Kieron in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kieron in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
Names like Kieron
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Kian, Aiden, Declan, Finn, Ronan, Kayden, Keelan, Conan, Kody, Keenan, Brogan
Other spellings of Kieron
Names related to Kieron
Kairon, Kieren, Keiron, Kron, Kiernan, Kierran, Cieron, Kieryn, Kiren, Keron
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, “Kieron: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kieron, updated 20 October 2026.