Masculine dossier · first seen 1957

Kiernan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kiernan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2008

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1957Peak 20082024

Peak year

2008

Decline from peak

49.4%

2024

All-time

1,727

Kiernan has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2008, when 77 boys were named Kiernan.

In 2024, only 39 boys were given the name.

Down 49.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,727 Americans have been named Kiernan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1957.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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