Kire
Boy · KEE-reh
Kire is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kire come from?
Possibly the Macedonian short form of Kiril (Cyril); uncertain
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- KEE-reh
Is Kire a girl's or a boy's name?
Kire is a boys' name.
How popular is Kire in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Kire in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kire in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Kire
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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