Keiran

maleStatistical record

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

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

Keiran: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 29 years, it reached #153 in 1996, and it stood at #3,112 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#153highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Keiran's record

Absent from every published list for 29 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#153
1997	#174
1998	#179
1999	#195
2000	#192
2001	#215
2002	#255
2003	#287
2004	#255
2005	#295
2006	#279
2007	#322
2008	#344
2009	#408
2010	#451
2011	#557
2012	#654
2013	#692
2014	#1560
2015	#1511
2016	#2804
2017	#2734
2018	#3011
2019	#2488
2020	#3848
2022	#4789
2023	#3112

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 Republic of Ireland in 4 of the 35 years from 1964 to 1998.

In 1998: #179 among boys in England and Wales, #280 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #232 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2023
Highest recorded position: #153 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2023).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #3112 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Keiran appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 27 ranked years and 2,301 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Keiran 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.

Keiran'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#232 (1964)	#232 (1964)	#280 (1998)	4 of 35	14 (1964–1998)	5 (1998)
England and Wales · Boys	#153 (1996)	#153 (1996)	#3112 (2023)	27 of 28	2,301 (1996–2023)	224 (1996)

Keiran 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 Keiran in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	767	4 of 10	192
2000sbusiest	1,218	10 of 10	122
2010s	303	10 of 10	30
2020s	13	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 122 births a year.

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

Keiran 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 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #153 in England and Wales in 1996.

Keiran'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1511	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#692	47	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#654	52	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#557	63	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#451	82	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#408	94	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#344	112	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#322	116	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#279	129	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#295	109	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#255	129	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#287	104	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#255	113	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#215	142	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#192	170	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#195	165	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#179	187	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#174	191	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#153	224	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	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 1964 and 2023, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #153, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 224 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 29 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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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Keira · #33, 49y
Keisha · #238, 29y
Keisi · #3899, 10y

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.

Arna · #154, 34y
Eimhear · #154, 26y
Gertrude · #154, 29y
Innes · #152, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Fearghal · #153, 47y
Idris · #153, 43y
Moya · #153, 42y
Assumpta · #154, 22y

Keiran was ranked #153 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. 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.

Keiran 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 Keiran without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Keiran

Anders Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3848 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #2529.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #1935.
Robyn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1511 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2228.
Aksel Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1511 and #1902 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2804 and #1431.

Moved the opposite way to Keiran

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Keiran went from #153 to #3112 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Keiran went from #153 to #3112 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Keiran went from #153 to #3112 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Keiran went from #153 to #3112 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Keiran

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Keiran went from #153 to #3112 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Keiran went from #153 to #3112 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Keiran went from #153 to #3112 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Keiran went from #153 to #3112 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #153 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Keiran

Keiran at a glance

What stands out in Keiran's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Keiran across 2 official records

Keiran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Keiran appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Keiran and the names beside it

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Keiran at a glance

What stands out in Keiran's record

Keiran across 2 official records

Keiran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Keiran appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Keiran

Keiran and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Keiran

Moved the opposite way to Keiran

Moved the same way as Keiran