Given name
Kieron
“having dark features; the little dark one”
Kieron is a variant of Kieran. One interpretation is “having dark features; the little dark one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kieron is a variant of Kieran. One interpretation is “having dark features; the little dark one.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kieron through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 730
- 730 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,063 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,063 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 19.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 768 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kieron’s family of names
Kieron has a related form in Kieran. In English usage, Kieron has a related form in Kieran. In English usage, Kieron has a related form in Ciaran.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kieron
- Kieron DyerEnglish footballer (born 1978)
- Kieron FreemanWelsh association football playerborn 1992
- Kieron PollardWest Indian cricketerborn 1987
- Kieron MooreIrish actor (1924–2007)
- Kieron AcharaBritish basketball playerborn 1983
- Kieron GillenBritish journalist and comics writerborn 1975
- Kieron MooreBritish actorborn 1996
- Kieron WilliamsonBritish painterborn 2002
- Kieron RichardsonEnglish actorborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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