Keya
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 78 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,911since 1967
Keya over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Keya has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 |
| 2018 | #4,144 | 34 |
| 2017 | #4,220 | 34 |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 |
| 2015 | #3,705 | 41 |
| 2014 | #3,652 | 42 |
| 2013 | #3,218 | 50 |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 |
| 2011 | #3,550 | 44 |
| 2010 | #3,256 | 50 |
| 2009 | #3,677 | 43 |
| 2008 | #3,859 | 41 |
| 2007 | #3,601 | 45 |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 |
| 2005 | #3,876 | 37 |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 |
| 2003 | #3,731 | 37 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 |
| 1992 | #3,267 | 34 |
| 1991 | #3,301 | 33 |
| 1990 | #3,523 | 30 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 |
| 1982 | #2,220 | 45 |
| 1981 | #2,119 | 48 |
| 1980 | #1,785 | 61 |
| 1979 | #2,304 | 41 |
| 1978 | #2,050 | 46 |
| 1977 | #2,091 | 45 |
| 1976 | #1,912 | 47 |
| 1975 | #1,729 | 54 |
| 1974 | #1,961 | 43 |
| 1973 | #1,939 | 42 |
| 1972 | #1,303 | 78 |
| 1971 | #1,686 | 54 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
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| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
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First appearance
1967
The first year at least five girls were named Keya! It came in at #6,042, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1968, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 559 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #7,491)
- 1,641 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #7,491)
- 3,786 spots since 2015 (#3,705 → #7,491)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1972 at #1,303 (78 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,503
- Highest: 1 in 19,503 girls born in 1972 were named Keya (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 24.3% of all girls named Keya (465) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 | #6,042 (1967) | #6,330 |
| 1970s | 465 | #1,303 (1972) | #2,085 |
| 1980s | 309 | #1,785 (1980) | #3,459 |
| 1990s | 267 | #3,267 (1992) | #4,161 |
| 2000s | 359 | #3,490 (2004) | #4,056 |
| 2010s | 398 | #3,218 (2013) | #3,857 |
| 2020s | 101 | #5,573 (2021) | #6,885 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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