NameTides

Keira

Keira was the #621 girls' name in the US in 2025 (469 babies), and #388 in England & Wales and #355 in Canada.

Keira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Keira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesUSIreland
Keira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#621 (469)#388 (109)#242 (15)—#718 (4)#355 (87)——
2024#605 (496)#415 (103)#244 (15)——#363 (83)——
2023#568 (524)#345 (125)#281 (13)——#390 (77)——
2022#535 (577)#369 (115)#260 (14)—#502 (7)#332 (88)——
2021#472 (662)#324 (147)#245 (16)—#883 (3)#332 (97)——
2020#467 (663)#294 (159)#178 (22)—#375 (10)#236 (128)——
2019#357 (888)#223 (223)#185 (23)#336 (4)#621 (5)#240 (128)——
2018#365 (867)#207 (251)#126 (37)#361 (4)#411 (10)#166 (178)——
2017#332 (990)#203 (261)#139 (35)#263 (6)#396 (10)#156 (193)——
2016#313 (1,038)#174 (316)#174 (28)—#390 (11)#125 (234)——
2015#245 (1,312)#159 (341)#143 (34)#358 (4)#291 (17)#117 (260)——
2014#227 (1,469)#124 (447)#110 (44)#365 (4)#229 (22)#129 (240)——
2013#203 (1,572)#110 (488)#74 (66)#327 (5)#207 (27)#98 (295)——
2012#190 (1,652)#92 (610)#69 (78)#268 (7)#221 (25)#104 (283)——
2011#176 (1,789)#88 (693)#63 (89)#444 (3)#189 (31)#82 (321)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #110.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1962.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Keira is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 4,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Keira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #414WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #597ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #658NYMassachusetts: #190MAOregon: #320ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #403PANew Jersey: #404NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #342CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #428CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #861TXFlorida: #634FL
Keira (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#32040
Quebec2025#6696

Keira (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KeiraCanadaGirls#35587
KeiraEngland & WalesGirls#388109
KeiraIrelandGirls#7184
KeiraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KeiraNSWGirls—too few
KeiraScotlandGirls#24215
KeiraUSGirls#621469
KeiraUSBoys—too few
KeiraVICGirls—too few