Kiril
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Kiril is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Kiril mean?
Slavic: spelling of Kirill
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Кири́лл (Kiríll).
Meaning borrowed from Kirill. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kiril a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiril is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiril in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kiril, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 9 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Kiril than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Kiril in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kiril in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
How popular is Kiril in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Kiril, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had more boys named Kiril than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Kiril in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kiril in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Names like Kiril
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Brody Finn Kian Ronan Musa Rowan Khalil Finley Aiden Muhammad Lochlan
Names related to Kiril
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri
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, “Kiril: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiril, updated 20 October 2026.