Keir
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 94.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1970 · 63 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,053since 1963
Keir over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,470 | 17 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,850 | 20 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,338 | 17 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,485 | 16 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,659 | 15 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,034 | 16 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,815 | 16 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,451 | 14 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,854 | 16 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | — | #3,661 | 17 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,462 | 17 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,628 | 25 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,809 | 14 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,838 | 18 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,504 | 20 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | — | #2,676 | 17 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,680 | 17 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,063 | 23 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | — | #1,508 | 32 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,214 | 46 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #1,023 | 63 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #1,168 | 45 |
| 1968 | — | #1,478 | 28 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,729 | 21 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Keir! It came in at #2,300, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2010, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Keir
- 3,245 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #9,714)
- 3,094 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #9,714)
- 5,169 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #9,714)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1970 at #1,023 (63 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 29,496 boys born in 1970 were named Keir (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.9% of all boys named Keir (273) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 131 | #1,168 (1969) | #2,300 |
| 1970s | 273 | #1,023 (1970) | #2,087 |
| 1980s | 139 | #2,504 (1985) | #3,426 |
| 1990s | 171 | #2,628 (1990) | #3,817 |
| 2000s | 133 | #4,675 (2006) | #6,060 |
| 2010s | 120 | #4,545 (2015) | #7,452 |
| 2020s | 86 | #4,850 (2022) | #6,410 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Keir in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 158,922 of them was named Keir, which outranked 49.1% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,492Wynetta12
- #4,492Ximena12
- #4,492Zonya12
- #4,761Keir11
- #4,761Adraine11
- #4,761Adrea11
- #4,761Adrena11
- #5,061Adair10
- #5,061Ahna10
- #5,061Akiko10
Tied with 299 names at #4,761; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 29,496 of them was named Keir, which outranked 81.2% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,016Donell64
- #1,016Fermin64
- #1,016Hassan64
- #1,023Keir63
- #1,023Amy63
- #1,023Booker63
- #1,023Britton63
- #1,031Benton62
- #1,031Burke62
- #1,031Carnell62
Tied with 7 names at #1,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.