Girls' name · since 1969
Keba
36 babies named Keba in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,839 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
36 girls have been named Keba since 1969, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Keba has 36 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1976.
- #38,839 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 36 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keba ranks #38,839 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #38,839 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Keba's 36 recorded births place it above 46.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keba's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1976
- Peak year (1971)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Keba by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (30 births, 83% of the file).
1970s was Keba's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Keba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 30 births (83% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1969–1976 (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 Keba 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.