Keir — #6523 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Keir

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,046 babies named Keir between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keir currently holds the #6523 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 63 babies received it in a single year. Keir is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 64 additional births since 1969.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keir performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 273 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Keir shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Keir in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keir 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 1,046 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.