Keren

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Keren: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Keren: Recorded since 1996, it reached #742 in 2009, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#742highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1234
1998	#1480
1999	#1261
2000	#1688
2001	#1520
2002	#1104
2003	#1325
2004	#1252
2005	#1343
2006	#1153
2007	#1337
2008	#1516
2009	#1467
2010	#1520
2011	#2893
2012	#2521
2013	#2649
2014	#2314
2015	#2705
2016	#3609
2017	#4063
2018	#3985
2019	#4686
2020	#3117
2021	#2711
2023	#2689
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2009: #742 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1467 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2009
Highest recorded position: #742 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 2007–2009).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Keren appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 344 births with the name.

Keren across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Keren's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1168 (1996)	#1104 (2002)	#5891 (2024)	28 of 29	344 (1996–2024)	23 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#742 (2009)	#742 (2009)	2 of 3	7 (2007–2009)	4 (2009)

Keren by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Keren in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	58	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	172	10 of 10	17
2010s	86	10 of 10	9
2020s	28	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Keren appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #742 in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

Keren's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1520	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1467	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1337	20	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1153	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1343	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1104	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1261	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #742, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Kerensa · #1296, 20y
Keri · #191, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Darya · #742, 26y
Ilana · #742, 29y
Cobie · #741, 27y
Mickey · #741, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Darya · #742, 26y
Efa · #742, 26y
Hannah-Rose · #742, 14y
Ilana · #742, 29y

Keren was ranked #742 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2009. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Keren and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Keren without appearing here.

Keren moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.
Carol Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2893 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #4838.
Tracey Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3985 and #3985 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #4535.
Kristy Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1520 and #1439 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1104 and #2301.

Moved ahead of Keren

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #1743.
Logan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #3598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Finley Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2711 and #2942 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3318.

Moved the opposite way to Keren

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keren went from #1168 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keren went from #1168 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keren went from #1168 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keren went from #1168 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Keren

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keren went from #1168 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keren went from #1168 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keren went from #1168 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keren went from #1168 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #742 in Republic of Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Keren

Keren at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Keren across 2 official records

Keren by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Keren appears in

Popularity data

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Keren across 2 official records

Keren by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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