Keyra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEER-a
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Keyra is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Keyra mean?
Irish: spelling of Keira, from Ciara
“dark”
Is Keyra a girl's or a boy's name?
Keyra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keyra in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 4 girls.
Keyra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Keyra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Keyra, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Keyra than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Keyra in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,096 girls in the US were given Keyra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Keyra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,305 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,157 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,890 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Names like Keyra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Kiara Caoimhe Cassidy Brianna Orla Aoibheann Teagan Eden Aoife Sienna Raegan
Other spellings of Keyra
Names related to Keyra
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy
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, “Keyra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keyra, updated 20 October 2026.