Kieran
56
Babies in 2024
-80%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 2.88k
+19%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Kieran
Kieran peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (2,882 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 56 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Kieran reached its peak in 1996, when 2,882 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #26 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 56 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 30,429 boys have been officially registered with the name Kieran in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 1,302 boys were registered with the name, starting from 275 in 2014 and ending at 56 in 2024.