Kieron

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kieron: Recorded since 1965, it reached #100 in 2002, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#100highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#135
1997	#129
1998	#132
1999	#126
2000	#113
2001	#104
2002	#100
2003	#133
2004	#169
2005	#198
2006	#238
2007	#254
2008	#247
2009	#268
2010	#314
2011	#479
2012	#559
2013	#676
2014	#765
2015	#833
2016	#974
2017	#1146
2018	#1533
2019	#1869
2020	#1825
2021	#3451
2022	#3449
2023	#3112
2024	#2671

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 29 of the 61 years from 1965 to 2025.

In 2020: #741 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1825 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #157 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #100 among boys in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kieron appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 135 births with the name.

Kieron 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.

Kieron'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	#157 (1965)	#157 (1965)	#829 (2025)	29 of 61	135 (1965–2025)	11 (1965)
England and Wales · Boys	#135 (1996)	#100 (2002)	#2671 (2024)	29 of 29	4,547 (1996–2024)	488 (2002)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#272 (1998)	#229 (2003)	#403 (2012)	8 of 15	27 (1998–2012)	5 (2003)

Kieron 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 Kieron in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	1,219	4 of 10	305
2000sbusiest	2,800	10 of 10	280
2010s	492	10 of 10	49
2020s	36	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 280 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births fell by 134, from 488 to 354.

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

Kieron 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 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #100 in England and Wales in 2002.

Kieron'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	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1146	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#974	30	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#833	37	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#765	41	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#676	49	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#559	65	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#479	77	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#314	141	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#268	165	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#247	175	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#254	159	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#238	158	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#198	204	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#169	244	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#133	354	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#100	488	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#104	461	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#113	392	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#126	339	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#132	300	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#129	299	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#135	281	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#229	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#339	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#260	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	11	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 1965 and 2025, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #100, first reached in 2002.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 488 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 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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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.

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Maxine · #97, 43y
Laoise · #96, 50y
Elina · #106, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

April · #100, 52y
Gearoid · #100, 56y
Avril · #101, 61y
Caoimhin · #99, 39y

Kieron was ranked #100 in England and Wales · Boys in 2002. 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.

Kieron 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 Kieron without appearing here.

Kieron moved ahead of

Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #4270.
Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #3254.
Florence Compare
In 1988 they stood at #260 and #246 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1989 that had become #278 and #307.

Moved ahead of Kieron

Andrea Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #1860.
Gunnar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #1860.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.
Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.

Moved the opposite way to Kieron

Aaron Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kieron went from #157 to #829 while Aaron went from #222 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kieron went from #157 to #829 while Adam went from #157 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kieron went from #157 to #829 while Alexander went from #115 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kieron went from #157 to #829 while Benjamin went from #148 to #83.

Moved the same way as Kieron

Adrian Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kieron went from #157 to #829 and Adrian from #62 to #348.
Alfred Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kieron went from #157 to #829 and Alfred from #167 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kieron went from #157 to #829 and Denis from #24 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kieron went from #157 to #829 and Edward from #17 to #125.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #100 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kieron

Kieron at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kieron across 3 official records

Kieron by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kieron appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kieron and the names beside it

Kieron moved ahead of

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Kieron at a glance

Kieron across 3 official records

Kieron by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kieron 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 Kieron

Kieron and the names beside it

Kieron moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kieron

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