Keira is a girl's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “black, dark, little dark one.” In 2024 it was given to 492 girls in the United States.
Keira belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “black, dark, little dark one” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Keira first appears in Social Security records in 1962. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #110 in 2006, and in 2024 492 babies received the name — 33,362 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Keira means “black, dark, little dark one” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Keira is a girl name. In 2024, 492 babies received the name in the US.
Keira comes from the Irish & Celtic tradition.
Keira first appears in US records in 1962. Its best-ever ranking was #110 in 2006, and 492 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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