Kiernan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kiernan: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 23 years, its highest recorded position is #155, and it stood at #4,107 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#155highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kiernan'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 · 1997–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1998	#1821
1999	#2425
2000	#2142
2001	#3134
2002	#2005
2003	#2189
2004	#1878
2005	#2754
2007	#3589
2008	#4432
2009	#3744
2012	#4805
2023	#4107

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 9 of the 47 years from 1964 to 2010.

In 2008: #378 among boys in Northern Ireland, #4432 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #155 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 recorded1964–2010
Highest recorded position: #155 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2010).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4107 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Kiernan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 14 ranked years and 64 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Kiernan across 3 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.

Kiernan'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	#155 (1964)	#155 (1964)	#720 (2010)	9 of 47	40 (1964–2010)	10 (1964)
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1821 (1998)	#4107 (2023)	14 of 27	64 (1997–2023)	8 (2004)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#299 (2003)	#282 (2006)	#378 (2008)	3 of 6	10 (2003–2008)	4 (2006)

Kiernan 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 Kiernan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	44	9 of 10	5
2010s	3	1 of 10	3
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Kiernan 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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #155 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Kiernan'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	#4107	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	7	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#155	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1964 and 2023, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #155, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 23 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 39 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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Kiesha · #439, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Inaya · #156, 26y
Lochlainn · #154, 25y
Dua · #151, 26y
Inaaya · #159, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Alphonsus · #155, 16y
Ambrose · #155, 46y
Benedict · #155, 51y
Finian · #155, 49y

Kiernan was ranked #155 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. 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.

Kiernan 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 Kiernan without appearing here.

Kiernan moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4805 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4805 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Morten Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4432 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3744 and #4527.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3134 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2189 and #2857.

Moved ahead of Kiernan

Ronny Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1821 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1467.
Aria Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1878 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2754 and #1851.
Maddison Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #4432 and #3687.
Leif Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2005 and #2636 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2189 and #1771.

Moved the opposite way to Kiernan

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiernan went from #2859 to #4107 while Albie went from #914 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiernan went from #2859 to #4107 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiernan went from #2859 to #4107 while Alfred went from #192 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiernan went from #2859 to #4107 while Archie went from #141 to #13.

Moved the same way as Kiernan

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiernan went from #2859 to #4107 and Aaron from #32 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiernan went from #2859 to #4107 and Adam from #20 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiernan went from #2859 to #4107 and Alan from #179 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kiernan went from #2859 to #4107 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #155 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kiernan

Kiernan at a glance

What stands out in Kiernan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kiernan across 3 official records

Kiernan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kiernan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kiernan at a glance

What stands out in Kiernan's record

Kiernan across 3 official records

Kiernan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kiernan 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 Kiernan

Kiernan and the names beside it

Kiernan moved ahead of

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