Keira

How popular is Keira in the UK?

Rank in 2025

381st among girls

Babies in 2025

124 about 1 in 2,200 girls

Five-year trend

Falling down 47% in five years

Same name in a class

under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 124 girls in the UK were named Keira, making it the 381st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 287th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 1,822 girls.

Half of all the girls named Keira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 429 girls in the UK were given Keira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #148, up from #381 for this spelling alone.

• Keira 124
• Kyra 105
• Kira 93
• Ciara 64
• Kiera 37
• Kyrah 6

Among girls in 2025, it was 388th in England and Wales and 242nd in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#51).

How popular is Keira in the US?

Rank in 2025

621st among girls

Babies in 2025

469 about 1 in 3,400 girls

Five-year trend

Falling down 38% in five years

Same name in a class

under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 469 girls in the US were named Keira, making it the 621st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 467th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 3,022 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Keira than any year since 2003.

Half of all the girls named Keira in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,096 girls in the US were given Keira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #621 for this spelling alone.

• Kira 801
• Keira 469
• Kyra 329
• Kiera 219
• Ciara 155
• Kyrah 49
• Kirra 31
• Kirah 16