Recorded 1966–2025 · United States
Kiran was most popular in 2008, when 198 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,225 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,440, with 172 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,041 people named Kiran.
Kiran first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1966, which makes it about 59 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 58 of the 60 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,041 American births named Kiran between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,960 are estimated to be alive today.
172 American babies were named Kiran in 2025, ranking #2,440 that year.
Kiran is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 138 births a year, against 150 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -8% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Kiran is a unisex name — 37.2% of the 5,041 Americans given it were girls and 62.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2003 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 13% girls and 87% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 4,960 Americans named Kiran are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 10 and 27.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org