Unisex name · since 1963
Keir
Keir has 1,053 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,969 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,876 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,053
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Keir currently ranks #9876 among unisex names in America, with 1,053 babies recorded since 1963.
Keir has 1,053 recorded births among boys since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9876 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #4,969 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,876 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,053 born since 1963
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keir ranks #4,969 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,876 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,053 born since 1963, peaking in the 1970s.
- #4,969 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,876 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,053
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Keir's 1,053 recorded births place it above 89.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Keir compares
1,053 Top 31% higher than 69% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Keir's all-time total is 185% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keir | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,053 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 63 | 34 | 22,252 |
Keir's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keir's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 63, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keir popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Keir popularity over time - girls
64 total births recorded since 1969 (Keir as girls' name)
Keir by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (273 births, 26% of the file).
1970s was Keir's strongest decade.
273 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Keir births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
131 births
- 1970s
1970s
273 births
- 1980s
1980s
139 births
- 1990s
1990s
171 births
- 2000s
2000s
133 births
- 2010s
2010s
120 births
- 2020s 86
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 273 births (26% of all-time use).
How Keir compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Keir's total volume
Keir by state
Where Keir concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 39 | 3.7% |
| #2 | California | | 19 | 1.8% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 16 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.5% |
39 of 1,053 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Keir's data
- Keir's decade-level peak was the 1970s (273 total births); usage has since declined to 86 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Keirs (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keir: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Keir 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.