girls:
32.9k births since 1962
#771 (87th percentile)
boys:
7 births since 2009
#4579 (0th percentile)
overall:
32.9k births since 1962
#1392 (82nd percentile)
The name Keira is the #1,392 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 32,867 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 82.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #771 (86.5% percentile) for all time with 32,860 births since 1962. For boys, it ranks #4,579 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 2009.
Keira first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (1962 for girls and 2009 for boys).
The name Keira has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Keira reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 88.7% percentile (ranked #110) with 1,446 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 1,446 births per million (ranked 88.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Keira ranks #493 for girls (48.0% percentile) with 297 births per million, which is 20.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Keira reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #899) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2009.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keira".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Keira", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 49 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Kira" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Kira..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Keira. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.4% confident that Keira is pronounced as KEE-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KIH-ruh, at 32.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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