Keira

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Keira: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Keira: Recorded since 1976, it reached #33 in 2006, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
102times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#33highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Keira's record

England and Wales registered 1,622 births with the name in 2006, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#359
1997	#280
1998	#306
1999	#286
2000	#257
2001	#285
2002	#211
2003	#136
2004	#51
2005	#37
2006	#33
2007	#41
2008	#45
2009	#63
2010	#72
2011	#88
2012	#92
2013	#110
2014	#124
2015	#159
2016	#174
2017	#203
2018	#207
2019	#223
2020	#294
2021	#324
2022	#369
2023	#345
2024	#415

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 40 of the 50 years from 1976 to 2025.

In 2024: #244 among girls in Scotland, #415 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1976–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #429 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #33 among girls in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Keira appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 40 years beginning in 1976, and has registered 537 births with the name.

Keira across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Keira's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#429 (1976)	#117 (2006)	#718 (2025)	40 of 50	537 (1976–2025)	49 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#359 (1996)	#33 (2006)	#415 (2024)	29 of 29	14,411 (1996–2024)	1,622 (2006)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (1998)	#130 (2006)	#336 (2019)	16 of 22	107 (1998–2019)	16 (2006)
New Zealand · Girls	#80 (2005)	#38 (2006)	#78 (2017)	12 of 13	759 (2005–2017)	91 (2006)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#45 (2006)	#45 (2006)	#64 (2009)	4 of 4	501 (2006–2009)	138 (2007)

Keira by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Keira in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	19	4 of 10	5
1980s	90	10 of 10	9
1990s	26	5 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	200	7 of 10	29
2010s	178	10 of 10	18
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 29 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Keira appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #33 in England and Wales in 2006.

Keira's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#415	103	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#345	125	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#369	115	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#324	147	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#294	159	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#223	223	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#207	251	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#203	261	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#174	316	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#159	341	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#124	447	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#110	488	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#92	610	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#88	693	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#72	832	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#63	973	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#45	1,294	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#41	1,354	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#33	1,622	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#37	1,565	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#51	1,164	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#136	368	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#211	206	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#285	133	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#257	154	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#286	124	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#306	118	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#280	131	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#359	94	High	Verified
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	121	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	138	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New Zealand	female	#78	52	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#87	51	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#95	40	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#80	51	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#96	47	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#80	51	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#44	78	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#47	79	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	female	#48	83	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#43	91	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#38	91	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#80	45	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#194	10	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#212	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#130	16	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#226	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#183	9	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#375	10	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	22	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	27	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	25	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	31	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	20	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	20	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	34	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	39	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	49	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	28	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	20	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#314	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#415	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	9	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	13	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#334	8	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	12	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#244	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1976 and 2025, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #33, first reached in 2006.

It held a top-100 place in 13 years, 12 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,622 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 48 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Keilan · #423, 24y
Keir · #327, 29y
Keiran · #153, 30y
Keisha · #238, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kirsty · #33, 54y
Penelope · #32, 54y
Angelina · #35, 51y
Angus · #35, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Billie · #33, 35y
Esme · #33, 33y
Jay · #33, 49y
Kirsty · #33, 54y

Keira was ranked #33 in England and Wales · Girls in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Keira and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Keira without appearing here.

Keira moved ahead of

Janice Compare
In 2008 they stood at #417 and #352 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #254 and #742.
Debra Compare
In 2003 they stood at #450 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #197 and #677.
Vicki Compare
In 2003 they stood at #450 and #374 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #197 and #677.
Audrey Compare
In 2021 they stood at #883 and #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #502 and #905.

Moved ahead of Keira

Kylie Compare
In 2020 they stood at #375 and #444 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #883 and #284.
Bailey Compare
In 2020 they stood at #375 and #495 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #883 and #517.
Molly Compare
In 1991 they stood at #353 and #408 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #523 and #188.
Mia Compare
In 2002 they stood at #417 and #451 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #314 and #44.

Moved the opposite way to Keira

Abigail Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keira went from #429 to #718 while Abigail went from #271 to #115.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keira went from #429 to #718 while Alexandra went from #263 to #141.
Alice Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keira went from #429 to #718 while Alice went from #138 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keira went from #429 to #718 while Anna went from #69 to #26.

Moved the same way as Keira

Aisling Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keira went from #429 to #718 and Aisling from #49 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keira went from #429 to #718 and Alison from #73 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keira went from #429 to #718 and Amanda from #43 to #608.
Andrea Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keira went from #429 to #718 and Andrea from #83 to #304.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #33 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Keira

Keira at a glance

What stands out in Keira's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Keira across 5 official records

Keira by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Keira appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Keira

Keira and the names beside it

Keira moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Keira

Moved the opposite way to Keira

Moved the same way as Keira

Keira at a glance

What stands out in Keira's record

Keira across 5 official records

Keira by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Keira appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Keira

Keira and the names beside it

Keira moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Keira

Moved the opposite way to Keira

Moved the same way as Keira