Name meaning & stats
Keira
Keira means “black, dark, little dark one” (Irish origin). 33,843 US babies since 1940, peak 2006.
What it means
“black, dark, little dark one”
IrishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2006
33,843 US babies were named Keira between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Keira (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 5 Kiras spell it Keira
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2006)