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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| 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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First appearance
1963
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.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1970 at #1,023 (63 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 29,496
- 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%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 25.9% of all boys named Keir (273) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- 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.
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