Kyrene
Kyrene is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
- Greek Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Kyrene
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kyrene is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek Mythology
The Story of Kyrene
The earliest SSA record of Kyrene as a baby girl name dates back to 1990, when 10 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Kyrene — #7,880 in the national rankings. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 50% of all recorded Kyrenes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2017 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 103 Kyrenes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kyrene
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About the name Kyrene
Kyrene is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 103 births in the dataset. Kyrene's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #7,880. Use the chart and map above to compare Kyrene's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.