Keira

Girl name

Keira has been given to 33,843 babies in the U.S. since 1962. It peaked in 2006 and currently ranks #622 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin

A modern feminine form of Kieran, from Irish ciar (“black, dark, little dark one”).

Origin: Irish

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

33,843

Peak year

2006 (3,022 babies)

Rank in 2025

#622 for girls

First recorded

1962

10-year trend

▼ -64%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Keira Knightley

British actress

Keira Walsh

English footballer (born 1997)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Keira.

33,895 babies since 1951

33,749 babies since 1982

33,304 babies since 1885

34,568 babies since 1984

32,989 babies since 1916

34,801 babies since 1952

34,883 babies since 1972

31,606 babies since 1919

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