Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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