Kiren
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEER-en
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kiren is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “ray of light”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Kiren mean?
Sanskrit: usually a variant of Kiran; also a spelling of Irish Kieran
“ray of light”
Usually a spelling of Kiran, Sanskrit for 'ray of light', though it can also be a form of the Irish Kieran.
Is Kiren a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiren is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiren in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kiren in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2005, 70% of the babies named Kiren in the UK were girls.
Kiren in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Kiren in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Kiren, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Kiren in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,709 boys in the US were given Kiren or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #231, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Kiren in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Kiren
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ffion Caitlin Keira Teagan Caragh Aoibheann Raegan Tegan Rhiannon Roisin Eilidh Kayleigh
Other spellings of Kiren
Kieran Kyren Ciaran Kyron Kyran Khyren Kirin Kieren Khyrin Khyron Keeran
Names related to Kiren
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Kiren: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiren, updated 20 October 2026.