MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kiran mean?
Kiraṇa is the Sanskrit noun for a beam or ray of light. Sunlight and moonlight can both be described with it.
Pronunciation
IAST: kiraṇa
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
किरण
Letter-by-letter: kiraṇa
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
किरन
Letter-by-letter: kirana
328,393 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kiran in Indian usage
882,852 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (93.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 821,507 records (93.1%).
- Recorded as male: 61,345 records (6.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 935 |
| 1930s | 2,637 |
| 1940s | 8,837 |
| 1950s | 29,017 |
| 1960s | 95,936 |
| 1970s | 201,031 |
| 1980s | 307,716 |
| 1990s | 236,591 |
| Other decades | 152 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 280,513 |
| Bihar | 232,571 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 95,906 |
| Rajasthan | 73,361 |
| Jharkhand | 46,635 |
| Haryana | 41,588 |
| Punjab | 32,660 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 26,261 |
| Uttarakhand | 17,278 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 12,794 |
| Kerala | 8,928 |
| Delhi | 5,223 |
| Chandigarh | 2,215 |
| Tripura | 1,806 |
| Maharashtra | 1,223 |
| Goa | 1,205 |
| Assam | 638 |
| Sikkim | 359 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 291 |
| Meghalaya | 268 |
| Manipur | 215 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 200 |
| Odisha | 169 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 136 |
| Karnataka | 116 |
| Other states | 293 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Kiran / M | 17 | 1,538 |
| England & Wales | Kiran / F | 4 | 4,867 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Kiran; Table_6, C1585 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Kiran; Table_6, C1585
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Kiran; Table_6, C5407 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Kiran; Table_6, C5407
- Monier-Williams, kiraṇa, p. 283,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.