Keia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Keia

The Social Security Administration has registered 597 babies named Keia between 1967 and 2012, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 187 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Keia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Keia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keia 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 597 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.