Keir
Keir was the 10207th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 1028th with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,580 places. More babies were named Keir in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,207 boys, down 3,373 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197063 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,117babies recorded
Keir popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 64 since 1969.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,207 | 7 |
| 2020 | #6,834 | 12 |
| 2010 | #13,335 | 5 |
| 2000 | #4,924 | 15 |
| 1990 | #2,662 | 25 |
| 1980 | #3,514 | 12 |
| 1970 | #1,028 | 63 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Keir, counting every spelling?
Keir is a spelling of Kaire, a name family that had 56 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 56 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaire | 32 | #3,553 | 122 |
| Keir | 7 | #10,207 | 74 |
| Kaiir | 9 | #8,578 | 58 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Keir?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Keir (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Keir born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Keir.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Keir?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Keir are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 20 and 53. That makes Keir mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Keir: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Keir, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Keir
How popular is the name Keir?
Keir was the 10207th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 1028th with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,580 places. More babies were named Keir in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Keir a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Keir in the US.