Keeva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEE-va
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Big in ScotlandBig in Northern Ireland
Keeva is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “gentle, beautiful, precious”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Keeva mean?
Irish: phonetic spelling of Irish Caoimhe
“gentle, beautiful, precious”
Phonetic spelling of the Irish name Caoimhe, from caomh, gentle or precious.
Is Keeva a girl's or a boy's name?
Keeva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keeva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Keeva, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,009th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 62 girls.
Half of all the girls named Keeva in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 98 girls in the UK were given Keeva or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #452, up from #1,570 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Keeva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,363 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,231 |
| 2020 | 36 | #1,009 |
| 2019 | 40 | #960 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 2017 | 50 | #839 |
| 2016 | 62 | #727 |
| 2015 | 47 | #868 |
| 2014 | 57 | #747 |
| 2013 | 61 | #718 |
| 2012 | 35 | #1,078 |
| 2011 | 40 | #950 |
| 2010 | 35 | #1,033 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 19 | #1,149 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
How popular is Keeva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Keeva, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2013, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had fewer girls named Keeva than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Keeva in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were given Keeva or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,594, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Keeva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
Names like Keeva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Aoibheann Kiara Eireann Fiadh Cassidy Orla Teagan Raegan Eira Eden Aoife
Other spellings of Keeva
Names related to Keeva
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Keeva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keeva, updated 20 October 2026.