Keyara
A feminine name of Greek origin meaning "loved one".
Name Census estimates that about 1,746 living Americans carry the first name Keyara. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Keyara today is around 22 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Keyara births was 2001 (107 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Keyara. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Keyara with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
1.7K
~ 1 in 196,308 Americans
Peak year
2001
107 babies that year
Average age
22
years old
2024 SSA rank
#6,032
Tracked since 1982
Census
Keyara in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,337 people with the first name Keyara, which placed it at #10,101 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#10,101
National first-name rank
People counted
1.3K
1,337 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
55.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Keyara
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Keyara is Black at 55.3%. The next largest groups are White (18.8%) and Two or More Races (14.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Keyara described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Keyara at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American55.3% · 739
- White18.8% · 251
- Two or more races14.4% · 192
- Hispanic or Latino8.8% · 117
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.7% · 23
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.1% · 15
Popularity
Keyara: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Keyara from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 857 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Keyara by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Keyara during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Keyaras live
The SSA's state-level files cover 20 states and territories. New York, Texas, Florida recorded the most babies named Keyara, while Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Mississippi recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 24 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Keyara
The name Keyara is of Indian origin, derived from the Sanskrit word "Keerti," which means "glory" or "fame." This name was prevalent in ancient India, particularly during the period of the Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.
The earliest known reference to the name Keyara can be traced back to the Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. In the Mahabharata, Keyara was the name of a minor character, a warrior who fought alongside the Pandavas in the great battle of Kurukshetra.
Over the centuries, the name Keyara has been borne by several notable individuals. One of the earliest recorded examples is Keyara Devi, a 14th-century Indian princess and warrior from the Rajput clan of Mewar. She was renowned for her bravery and skill in battle, and her exploits are celebrated in various folk tales and ballads of Rajasthan.
Another historical figure who bore the name Keyara was Keyara Bai, a 16th-century Indian poet and mystic from the Bhakti movement. Her devotional poetry, composed in the Braj Bhasha language, is still widely revered and studied in parts of North India.
In the 18th century, Keyara Kanta was a prominent Bengali literary figure and scholar. He is best known for his translations of ancient Sanskrit texts into Bengali, which helped to popularize these works among the masses.
Moving into the modern era, Keyara Saikia was a renowned Assamese writer and activist who lived from 1855 to 1923. She was a pioneer in the field of women's education and played a significant role in the social and cultural renaissance of Assam.
While the name Keyara has its roots in India, it has also been adopted by people of various cultures and ethnicities around the world, each with their own interpretations and associations with the name.
People
Keyara + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Keyara as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with K
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Keyara: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Keyara?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,746 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Keyara going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 196,308 US residents.
Is Keyara a common name?
We classify Keyara as "Rare". It ranks above 93.1% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,780 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Keyara most popular?
The single biggest year for Keyara was 2001, when 107 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Keyara is about 22 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Keyara in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,337 people with the name Keyara, or 0.44 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #10,101 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Keyara in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Keyara?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Keyara appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,331 people counted with this name, 100.0% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Keyara?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Keyara is Black at 55.3%. The next largest groups are White (18.8%) and Two or More Races (14.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Keyara most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Keyara in the 2020 Census, accounting for 55.3% (739 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Keyara in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Keyara a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Keyara in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Keyara still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Keyara in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Keyara can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Keyara as a first name?
If you just want to know how many people share the name Keyara, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.