Kea — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kea

The Social Security Administration has registered 653 babies named Kea between 1964 and 2022, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kea performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kea in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 653 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.