Girls' name · since 1994
Keirah
Keirah has 419 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 419
- total births
- 1994–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
419 girls have been named Keirah since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Keirah has 419 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- 419 total births
- 1994–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 45% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keirah's 419 recorded births place it above 82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
Keirah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Keirah splits its recorded history at 2010: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Keirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2025.
419 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 31 births in a single year.
Keirah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Keirah's strongest decade.
190 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Keirah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
175 births
- 2010s
2010s
190 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 190 births (45% of all-time use).
Keirah decade highlights
- Peak decade 190 births
- Runner-up 175 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Keirah by state
Where Keirah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 1.2% |
6 of 419 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 1.4% of nationwide
- California 1.2% of nationwide
- Florida 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Keirah's data
- Keirah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (190 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Keirahs (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keirah: Baby Name Since 1994 - 419 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keirah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Keirah 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 July 2026.
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