Keiran

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Ciarรกn or Ciaran is a traditionally male given name of Irish and Scottish origin. It means "little dark one" or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ciar. It is the masculine version of the name Ciara.

From Wikipedia

Keiran first appears in the data in 1992 and has been recorded in 31 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 46 babies (rank #526 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Keiran

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Keiran yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

578
Total babies (all years)
31
Years in the data
46
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19925#1,875
199314#967
199410#1,129
199512#1,138
199620#802
199710#1,293
199825#683
199912#1,150
200016#942
200127#683
200219#862
200314#1,087
200434#616
200528#740
200646#526
200730#745
200831#747
200934#719
201025#903
201133#727
201225#904
201313#1,459
201413#1,442
201511#1,630
201613#1,476
201719#1,149
20186#2,741
201912#1,616
20207#2,444
20218#2,253
20236#2,945