Kyrin
Kyrin Galloway is an American-Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Cairns Taipans of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the UNC Greensboro Spartans.
Meaning & Origin of Kyrin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kyrin Galloway is an American-Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Cairns Taipans of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the UNC Greensboro Spartans.
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The Story of Kyrin
As a girl name
American parents first put Kyrin on the record books as a girl name in 1992, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2004, when 15 Kyrins were born — ranking #7,391 that year. About 44% of every Kyrin on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kyrin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 154 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Kyrin on the record books as a boy name in 1993, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 153 Kyrins were born — ranking #1,205 that year. About 48% of every Kyrin on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kyrin ranks #1,910 for boys with 84 births, falling sharply (-32%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kyrin
Kyrin is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Kyrin's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #1,205. Use the chart and map above to compare Kyrin'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 .
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