Kyran
Masculine · “little dark one”
Kyran is given to both — 3,149 boys and 133 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Kyran respells Ciarán — little dark one, from the Irish ciar, black — and two of Ireland's twelve apostles carried it.
How old is the name Kyran?
Kyran first appears in US birth records in 1933 — 92 years ago. The typical Kyran alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 3,100 people named Kyran are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kyran most popular?
Kyran peaked in 2012, reaching #1030 nationally. Today it ranks #2125, 1,095 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ciar to Kyran
The story of Kyran
Ciarán of Clonmacnoise founded one of Ireland's great monasteries and died at about thirty-three; Ciarán of Saighir is counted among the twelve apostles of Ireland. Both names come from the word for dark. Kyran is a modern spelling and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
little dark one
Through Ciarán, from the Irish ciar, 'dark' or 'black', with the diminutive -án. The same root gives Kieran and Ciara. The Kyran spelling is a modern English variant. The Irish is ordinary and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- ciar
- Ciarán
- Kyran
Related forms: Ciarán · Kieran · Kiaran
Pronouncing Kyran
KEER-un
Two syllables, stress on the first. Some say KY-run following the spelling; Irish Ciarán is KEE-uh-rawn.
Nicknames for Kyran
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1933
- Most boys named
- 2012189 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1030reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- −13.9%68 in 2025, from 79
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kyran in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ciarán in Irish — related form
- Kieran in English — spelling variant
- Kiaran in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, California.
Kyrans among us
people named Kyran are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 25,119 born in 2025 was named Kyran
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kyran
- #2125
- Kyran on the 2025 chart
- #707
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kyran went to 68 boys in 2025, but Kiran is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 223, which makes it the 707th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,418 places above the chart.
- Kiran155
- Kyran68
About 1 boy in 7,660 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 25,119 for Kyran itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Montez test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kyran's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Montez climbed just as high around 1991, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Montez's path sketches the road Kyran is walking now.
Kyran sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kyran is headed
Kyran should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kyran beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kyran in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The little-dark-one meaning is concrete and undisputed.
- Two of Ireland's founding monastic saints carry the Irish form.
- Ky is available as a short form with real currency.
- The spelling invites a KY- pronunciation the name does not have.
- Ciarán and Kieran are the standard spellings.
- At least four spellings of the sound are in circulation.
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Masculine · #2125 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Kyrans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,100 people named Kyran are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kyran?
- Kyran is one of 2 recorded spellings. Kiran is the more common one — 155 births in 2025 against 68 for Kyran.
- How popular is the name Kyran in 2025?
- Kyran ranks #2125 among US boy names in 2025, with 68 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kyran?
- About 1 in every 25,119 US boys born in 2025 was named Kyran — 68 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kyran with classmates?
- Kyran will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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