Keighley
Keighley is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.
Meaning & Origin of Keighley
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Keighley is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.
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The Story of Keighley
Keighley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1989, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 20 Keighleys were born — ranking #5,954 that year. As of 2026, Keighley ranks #10,241 for baby girls with 9 births, with steady use. In total, more than 203 Keighleys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Keighley
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- Steve Binns (1960–), long distance runner who competed in the 1988 Olympic Games.
- Gordon Bottomley (1874–1948), poet.
- Asa Briggs (1921–2016), historian and academic.
- Brontë Sisters , lived in the village of Haworth , which is two miles (3.2 km) south of Keighley. Anne (1820–1849), novelist.
- Charlotte (1816–1855), novelist.
- Emily (1818–1848), novelist.
- Harry Brook (1999–), cricketer for Yorkshire and England
- Alastair Campbell (1957–), former Labour party spin doctor .
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Names that sound like Keighley
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About the name Keighley
Keighley is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 203 births in the dataset. Keighley's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #5,954. Use the chart and map above to compare Keighley's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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