Girls' name · since 1989
Keighley
Keighley has 213 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,170 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,696 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 213
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keighley currently ranks #9696 among girls' names in America, with 213 babies recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keighley has been recorded 213 times among girls since 1989, currently ranked #9696 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #19,170 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,696 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 213 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keighley ranks #19,170 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,696 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 213 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,170 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,696 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 213
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keighley's 213 recorded births place it above 73.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Keighley compares
213 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Keighley's all-time total is 43% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keighley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 213 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Keighley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Keighley splits its recorded history at 2004: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Keighley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Keighley by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (67 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Keighley's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Keighley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
65 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 67 births (31% of all-time use).
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What to do with Keighley's data
- Keighley's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (67 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Keighley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Keighley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.