Keighley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEE-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Keighley is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Keighley mean?
English: from the Yorkshire town of Keighley, used as a spelling of Keeley
The West Yorkshire town is pronounced KEETH-lee, but as a first name it is usually said like Keeley.
Is Keighley a girl's or a boy's name?
Keighley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keighley in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Keighley in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Keighley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Keighley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Keighley, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Keighley in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were given Keighley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,748, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Keighley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Keighley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Caoimhe, Cassidy, Teagan, Caragh, Raegan, Kiara, Aoibheann, Ffion, Ocean, Bree, Eilidh
Other spellings of Keighley
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Keighley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keighley, updated 20 October 2026.