Keirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEER-a
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Keirah is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark, dark-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Keirah mean?
Irish: spelling of Keira; anglicised form of Irish Ciara
“dark, dark-haired”
Anglicised form of Irish Ciara, from ciar, dark; the actress Keira Knightley made this spelling widely known.
Meaning borrowed from Keira. More on Wiktionary.
Is Keirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Keirah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keirah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 6 girls.
Keirah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Keirah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Keirah, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Keirah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,096 girls in the US were given Keirah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Keirah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Keirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe, Teagan, Caragh, Fiadh, Cassidy, Aoibheann, Niamh, Eilidh, Clodagh, Raegan, Aoife, Kiara
Other spellings of Keirah
Kira, Keira, Kyra, Kiera, Ciara, Kyrah, Kirra, Kirah, Keyra, Khyra
Names related to Keirah
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
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, “Keirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keirah, updated 20 October 2026.