Kirill
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Kirill is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Kirill mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Кири́лл (Kiríll).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kirill a girl's or a boy's name?
Kirill is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kirill in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kirill in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kirill in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,237 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,445 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,278 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 2 | #5,878 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Kirill in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Kirill, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had more boys named Kirill than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Kirill in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kirill in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Kirill
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Finn, Brody, Kian, Aiden, Ronan, Finley, Rowan, Lochlan, Caelan, Keegan, Callan
Names related to Kirill
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, “Kirill: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kirill, updated 20 October 2026.