Kiernan
Kiernan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 39 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 390.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200877 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1957
- 2,405people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,727 boys have been named Kiernan in the United States since 1957, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 77 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2000s alone account for 37%.
Kiernan is used for both sexes: 28% of its bearers are girls (678), most of them born around 2002.
By decade
In 2008, its biggest year
Kiernan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2008 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Kiernan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tallonpeak 2000
- Calebpeak 2002
- Ulisespeak 2006
- Tayvonpeak 2008
- Yonatanpeak 2005
- Daylanpeak 2008
- Willempeak 2003
- Cutterpeak 2003
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.