Given name
Keara
“little dark-haired one”
Keara is a variant of Kiera. In Irish use, Kiera carries the interpretation “little dark-haired one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Keara is a variant of Kiera. In Irish use, Kiera carries the interpretation “little dark-haired one.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Keara is a form of Keira. Keira comes from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,767
- 0 boys · 4,767 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 259 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −55%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 259 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,121 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Keara’s family of names
Keara has a related form in Kiera. In English usage, Keara has a related form in Keira.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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