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How popular is the name Kier?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kiers are alive today.
Kier (male), a spelling of Keir, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2014 (ranked 3362nd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1997, when 18 babies were given the name, the 845th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Keir you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old. Half of all Keirs born in England and Wales are between 21 and 33, and there are at least 1,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Keir - on average, only one in every 202 such rooms contains a Keir.
How many babies are named Kier each year?
Includes all spellings: Kier, Keir. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Kier spelling rank?
Where does the Keir spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kier most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Keir, peaked in 1997, when 85 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Kier spelling itself peaked in 1997, with 18 babies.
How many people are called Kier?
At least 1,500 people named Kier in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kier?
Most living Kiers are between 21 and 33; the most common age is about 28.
Is Kier becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.