Keira — #609 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Keira

The Social Security Administration has registered 33,362 babies named Keira between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keira currently holds the #609 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 3,022 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keira performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 14,520 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Keira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,429 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Keira in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keira 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 33,362 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.