Unisex name · since 1987
Keari
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 401 babies named Keari, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,860 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 401
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
401 babies have been named Keari since 1987, making it today's #3860 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keari has been recorded 401 times among girls since 1987, currently ranked #3860 nationally and more common than 78% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #13,490 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,860 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 401 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keari ranks #13,490 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,860 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 401 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,860 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 401
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Keari's 401 recorded births place it above 81.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Keari compares
401 Top 49% higher than 51% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Keari's all-time total is 7% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keari | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 401 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Keari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keari's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 38, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keari popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Keari popularity over time - boys
25 total births recorded since 2020 (Keari as boys' name)
Keari by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (192 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Keari's strongest decade.
192 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Keari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s 55
2000s
55 births
- 2010s
2010s
130 births
- 2020s
2020s
192 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 192 births (48% of all-time use).
Keari by state
Where Keari concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
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What to do with Keari's data
- Florida records the most Kearis (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Keari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Keari draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.