Kiaran

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kiaran: Recorded since 1970, with a gap of 23 years, its highest recorded position is #279, and it was last ranked in 2013.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#279highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kiaran's record

Absent from every published list for 23 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2013

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1345
1998	#1485
1999	#2425
2000	#1889
2001	#1595
2002	#2005
2003	#1771
2004	#1498
2005	#3208
2006	#2282
2007	#2211
2010	#2941
2011	#3830
2013	#4685

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 15 of the 18 years from 1996 to 2013.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1970–2013 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1970
First recorded at #305 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1970–1972
Highest recorded position: #279 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1972 (recorded 1970–1972).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #4685 among boys in England and Wales, in 2013.
England and Wales · Boys

Kiaran appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 15 ranked years and 97 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1970.

Kiaran 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.

Kiaran'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 · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#1345 (1997)	#4685 (2013)	15 of 18	97 (1996–2013)	11 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#305 (1970)	#279 (1972)	#279 (1972)	2 of 3	7 (1970–1972)	4 (1972)

Kiaran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Kiaran in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	58	8 of 10	7
2010s	13	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Kiaran 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 1970 to 2013. Highest recorded position: #279 in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

Kiaran'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
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	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 1970 and 2013, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #279, first reached in 1972.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 23 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 26 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.

Kiara · #49, 48y
Kiarah · #1854, 21y
Kiaya · #868, 18y
Kidus · #1984, 18y

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.

Bosco · #280, 13y
Amy-Louise · #282, 20y
Linzi · #282, 13y
Eva-Rose · #284, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Dalton · #279, 31y
Diego · #279, 45y
Dionne · #279, 37y
Bosco · #280, 13y

Kiaran was ranked #279 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1972. 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.

Kiaran 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 Kiaran without appearing here.

Kiaran moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3208 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2282 and #4052.
Jade Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2020 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1345 and #2337.
Graeme Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2005 and #2636.

Moved ahead of Kiaran

Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1498 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3208 and #1135.
Morten Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #2390.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2005 and #848.
Brooke Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3830 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #3822.

Moved the opposite way to Kiaran

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiaran went from #2020 to #4685 while Albie went from #853 to #139.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiaran went from #2020 to #4685 while Alfie went from #119 to #11.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiaran went from #2020 to #4685 while Archie went from #192 to #16.
Arthur Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiaran went from #2020 to #4685 while Arthur went from #234 to #43.

Moved the same way as Kiaran

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiaran went from #2020 to #4685 and Aaron from #33 to #81.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiaran went from #2020 to #4685 and Adam from #16 to #40.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiaran went from #2020 to #4685 and Alex from #43 to #65.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiaran went from #2020 to #4685 and Alexander from #14 to #24.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1970 to 2013. Highest recorded position: #279 in Republic of Ireland in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kiaran

Kiaran at a glance

What stands out in Kiaran's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kiaran across 2 official records

Kiaran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kiaran appears in

Popularity data

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Kiaran at a glance

What stands out in Kiaran's record

Kiaran across 2 official records

Kiaran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kiaran appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kiaran

Kiaran and the names beside it

Kiaran moved ahead of

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