Girls' name · since 1996
Keighly
64 babies named Keighly in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keighly sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 64 recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keighly has been recorded 64 times among girls since 1996, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2024.
- #32,129 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keighly ranks #32,129 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #32,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keighly's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keighly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Keighly splits its recorded history at 2002: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Keighly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2024
- Peak year (1999)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Keighly by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (36 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Keighly's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Keighly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 36 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Keighly's decade-level peak was the 2000s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Keighly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1996–2024 (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 Keighly 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.