Keiko — #5447 US girls' name
1,153 babies named Keiko in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 69% of names given to girls today.
16% of everyone ever named Keiko was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Keiko in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keiko
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,153 babies named Keiko between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keiko currently holds the #5447 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keiko performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Keiko shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 265 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Keiko in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keiko 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 1,153 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.
Keiko at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keiko popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1922
- Peak year (1995)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
Currently ranks #5447 among girls.
1,153 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 31 births in a single year.
Keiko popularity over time — boys
7 total births recorded since 2024 (Keiko as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Keiko accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Keiko by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 182 births that decade — 16% of Keiko's all-time total
Keiko decade highlights
- Peak decade 182 births
- Runner-up 174 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Keiko's strongest decade
182 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Keiko by state
Where Keiko concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 265 | 23.0% |
265 of 1,153 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 23.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 23.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1922–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.