# Keighley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keighley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “woodland clearing”, “glade” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkiːθli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Keathley, Keatley, Keithley, Keithly, Kightley, Kightly |
| US babies named this | 213 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 213 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 105, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Recorded as Middle English Chichelai in the Domesday Book, the town is named with the Old English personal name *Cyhha + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | 17,062 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12,186 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,852 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11,936 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,532 |
| 2008 | 10 | 11,212 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,446 |
| 2012 | 5 | 18,231 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,822 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,745 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,620 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,035 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,065 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,692 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,782 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 16 | 1,168 |
| 1997 | 9 | 1,802 |
| 1998 | 6 | 2,407 |
| 1999 | 10 | 1,675 |
| 2000 | 9 | 1,831 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2,226 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,540 |
| 2003 | 9 | 1,996 |
| 2004 | 11 | 1,836 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,509 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.