Kyen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KY-an
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Kyen is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “ancient, enduring”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Kyen mean?
Irish: spelling of Kyan; probably a spelling of Kian (Cian)
“ancient, enduring”
Probably a respelling of Kian, from the Irish Cian; in Irish myth Cian was the father of the hero Lugh.
Meaning borrowed from Kyan.
Is Kyen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kyen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kyen 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 Kyen, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2006, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had more boys named Kyen than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Kyen in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 239 boys in the US were given Kyen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #893, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Kyen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
Names like Kyen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Brayden Kayden Aiden Kian Declan Finn Ronan Kellan Finnegan Teagan Deacon
Other spellings of Kyen
Names related to Kyen
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon Cillian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kyen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kyen, updated 20 October 2026.