Keir*
#4,493 most common boys' name of all time · #11,027 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1963–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,493
Rank overall
#11,027 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
1,117
Since 2016
126
Peak year
1970 #1,030
Best rank
#1,030 1970
Girls
Boys
peak 74/yr
Keir first appears in 1963. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,896 |
| 2024 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,561 |
| 2023 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,514 |
| 2022 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,892 |
| 2021 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,722 |
| 2019 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,872 |
| 2018 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,261 |
| 2017 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,521 |
| 2015 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,594 |
| 2014 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 2013 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,727 |
| 2012 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,698 |
| 2011 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,569 |
| 2009 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,844 |
| 2008 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,554 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,017 |
| 2006 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,728 |
| 2005 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,114 |
| 2004 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,243 |
| 2003 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,884 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,667 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,776 |
| 2000 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,876 |
| 1999 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,237 |
| 1998 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,270 |
| 1997 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,541 |
| 1996 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,335 |
| 1995 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,935 |
| 1994 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #4,630 |
| 1993 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,742 |
| 1992 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,993 |
| 1991 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,550 |
| 1990 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,663 |
| 1989 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,918 |
| 1988 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,820 |
| 1987 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,907 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,658 |
| 1985 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,568 |
| 1984 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #4,078 |
| 1983 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,744 |
| 1982 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,433 |
| 1981 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,748 |
| 1980 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,552 |
| 1979 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,854 |
| 1978 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #4,032 |
| 1977 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #2,115 |
| 1976 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #1,989 |
| 1975 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,273 |
| 1974 | 9 | 22 | 31 | #2,038 |
| 1973 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #2,384 |
| 1972 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,532 |
| 1971 | 6 | 46 | 52 | #1,234 |
| 1970 | 11 | 63 | 74 | #1,030 |
| 1969 | 6 | 45 | 51 | #1,185 |
| 1968 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,914 |
| 1966 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,460 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,886 |
| 1964 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,792 |
| 1963 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,413 |