girls' name ★ peaked 2006

Keira

Meaning Keira is a feminine given name Gender Girl Rank 2025 #622 Trend ↓ Falling 36%

Keira is a feminine given name.

Rank 2025
#622
among girls · ↓17 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
469
named Keira · -5% vs 2024
How common
1 in 3,427
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2006
3,022 babies
All-time total
33,843
#773 all-time among girls
First recorded
1962
in Social Security records

Keira popularity over time

33,843 babies have been named Keira since 1962, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s 99 – 99 10 – #2,477
1970s 359 – 359 36 +263% #1,505
1980s 637 – 637 64 +77% #1,418
1990s 1,390 – 1,390 139 +118% #1,041
2000s 14,520 7 14,527 1,453 +945% #110
2010s 13,440 – 13,440 1,344 -7% #165
2020s (to 2025) 3,391 – 3,391 565 -58% #467

Where Keira is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 435 0.27 outside top 500
2027 408 0.25 outside top 500
2028 386 0.24 outside top 500
2029 369 0.23 outside top 500
2030 354 0.22 outside top 500

Where Keira is most popular

Girls named Keira per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.336 per 1,000. Strongest in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Keira born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Massachusetts 138 1.14 +239%
New Hampshire 19 1.03 +206%
Connecticut 43 0.739 +120%
New Jersey 131 0.726 +116%
Pennsylvania 169 0.715 +113%
Washington 91 0.630 +87%
Colorado 69 0.618 +84%
Oregon 40 0.614 +83%
California 455 0.541 +61%
Delaware 6 0.529 +57%
Hawaii 6 0.523 +56%
New York 207 0.523 +55%
Arizona 70 0.499 +48%
Virginia 83 0.487 +45%
Maryland 50 0.472 +40%
Wisconsin 47 0.456 +36%
Minnesota 48 0.445 +32%
Illinois 96 0.419 +25%
Utah 31 0.372 +11%
Florida 142 0.332 ≈ national
Ohio 75 0.316 -6%
Michigan 52 0.285 -15%
North Carolina 64 0.281 -16%
Indiana 39 0.278 -17%
South Carolina 24 0.267 -21%
Nevada 10 0.215 -36%
Texas 161 0.200 -40%
Iowa 11 0.188 -44%
Tennessee 28 0.177 -47%
Nebraska 6 0.167 -50%
Georgia 36 0.158 -53%
Alabama 13 0.138 -59%
Kentucky 10 0.117 -65%
Kansas 5 0.087 -74%
Missouri 7 0.058 -83%
Alaska – – –
Arkansas – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Idaho – – –
Louisiana – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Mexico – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Keira

Keira is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #622 in 2025 with 469 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1962, 33,843 American babies have been named Keira. Its peak came in 2006, when 3,022 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Keira stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Keira?

The median living Keira is about 16 years old; half are between 10 and 19. An estimated 34 thousand people named Keira are alive in the United States today.

median 16 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Keira year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 469 #622 – –
2024 496 #605 – –
2023 524 #568 – –
2022 577 #536 – –
2021 662 #472 – –
2020 663 #467 – –
2019 888 #357 – –
2018 867 #365 – –
2017 990 #332 – –
2016 1,038 #313 – –
2015 1,312 #245 – –
2014 1,469 #228 – –
2013 1,572 #203 – –
2012 1,652 #190 – –
2011 1,789 #176 – –
2010 1,863 #165 – –
2009 2,260 #141 7 #10,465
2008 2,736 #123 – –
2007 2,677 #128 – –
2006 3,022 #110 – –
2005 1,468 #232 – –
2004 1,244 #257 – –
2003 433 #621 – –
2002 238 #942 – –
2001 216 #994 – –
2000 226 #945 – –
1995 107 #1,486 – –
1990 85 #1,726 – –
1985 90 #1,418 – –
1980 32 #2,827 – –
1975 68 #1,505 – –
1970 24 #2,890 – –
1965 11 #4,065 – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Keira

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Keira Knightley Keira Knightley English actress (born 1985) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Keira, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Keira?

The median living Keira is about 16 years old. Half of all living Keiras are between 10 and 19 years old.

How many people named Keira are alive today?

An estimated 34 thousand people named Keira are alive in the United States, based on 33,843 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Keira mean?

Keira is a feminine given name.

How popular is the name Keira in 2025?

Keira ranked #622 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 469 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Keira?

33,843 babies have been named Keira in the United States since 1962, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Keira most popular?

Keira peaked in 2006, when 3,022 newborns received the name.

Is Keira a boy or girl name?

Keira is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Keira rising or falling?

Keira is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Keira become more popular?

Keira is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 354 girls named Keira in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Keira?

Well-known people named Keira include Keira Knightley (actor).

Names like Keira

Names that sound and feel close to Keira: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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