Name meaning & stats
Kiran
Kiran means “ray” (Sanskrit origin). 5,041 US babies since 1940, peak 2008.
What it means
“ray”
SanskritWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2008
5,041 US babies were named Kiran between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Kiran (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 9 Kierans spell it Kiran
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2008)