Recorded 1980–2021 Girls' name Peak 2005 1,839 births

Keaira — girls' name

1,839 babies named Keaira in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s1991990s7942000s6742010s1612020s11
1990s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Keaira was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

95 babies were named Keaira in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Keaira

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,839 babies named Keaira between 1980 and 2021, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keaira currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 95 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keaira performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 794 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Keaira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 113 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Keaira in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keaira in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,839 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Keaira at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

1,839

Since 1980

42 years of records

Peak year

2005

95 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1980

Recorded for 42 years

Last year on file: 2021

Keaira popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1980

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2005)
95
Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
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Keaira by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
794 births that decade — 43% of Keaira's all-time total
1980s1991990s7942000s6742010s1612020s11

Keaira by state

Where Keaira concentrates geographically — total births since 1980

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Keaira
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
113 6.1%
#2 California
68 3.7%
#3 Illinois
68 3.7%
#4 Georgia
56 3.0%
#5 Ohio
55 3.0%
#6 Michigan
48 2.6%
#7 Florida
43 2.3%
#8 Louisiana
33 1.8%
Texas share of Keaira's total US births 6.1%
Even split

113 of 1,839 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.

Keaira appears in 19 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Keaira?
1,839 babies have been named Keaira since 1980. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2005 with 95 births.
When was Keaira most popular?
Keaira was most popular in the 1990s decade with 794 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Keaira most popular?
The top states for the name Keaira are Texas (113 births), California (68 births), Illinois (68 births).
How long has the name Keaira been used?
Keaira has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 42 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Keaira?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Keara, Keanna, Keana, Keagan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.