A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Keira
cinematic · mid-aughts · phonetic
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenAn Anglicized spelling of the Irish name Ciara, derived from the Old Irish ciar, meaning dark or black-haired. The name sat quietly in American birth ledgers for decades until film credits in the early 2000s pushed it onto millions of birth certificates.
Also answers toKeir, Kiki
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1962–2025
SSA Data 1962 peak: 3,022 souls, A.D. 2006 2025
2025: 469 born, falling ↘
Estimated Age
16 yrs
Most Keiras were born around 2006 — learned to read on a touchscreen.
Peak Reign
2006
№110 that year
Generation
Gen Z, 60%
then Gen Alpha 34% · Millennial 4%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈34K ever born · now falling
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Keira grew up with
SSA Dataslime tutorials·Fortnite dances·the family iPad
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Keira peaked in 2006.
Estimated average age: 16.
What people think
Opinion LedgerAwaiting human data — cast the first votes.
Keira sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
AI Seed · Votes Override at n=30 Vintage Modern
Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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In your mind, Keira sounds more like a —
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Public Opinion Ledger
Ledger Opens Soon
The public has not yet weighed in on Keira. Early ballots carry the most weight.
* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenThe name reads squarely as high school or early college. Sixty percent of all living Keiras belong to Generation Z, with another thirty-four percent trailing in Generation Alpha. Hearing it conjures someone who grew up with an iPod Nano and has spent her entire life spelling her name out loud to clarify the vowels. The average Keira is sixteen years old.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The spelling climbed almost entirely on the momentum of mid-2000s movie releases, peaking sharply in 2006 at about three thousand births.
Field Note 02
Only four percent of living Keiras are Millennials, making the name almost exclusively a creature of the twenty-first century.
Field Note 03
Annual registrations have drifted steadily downward toward the six-hundreds since its mid-decade high.
Notable Keiras
AI-WrittenKeira Knightleyactress, b. 1985
Keira WalshEnglish association footballer, b. 1997
Ephemera — If Keira were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Irvine, California
Color
Sea-glass green
Job
High school yearbook editor
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