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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 224 babies (rank #153 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.

2,267
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
224
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
1996224#153
1997191#174
1998187#180
1999165#195
2000170#193
2001142#215
2002113#255
2003104#288
2004129#256
2005109#296
2006129#280
2007116#324
2008112#346
200994#412
201082#456
201163#563
201252#657
201347#700
201415#1,600
201516#1,549
20167#2,952