Keiona — girls' name
885 babies named Keiona in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
885 girls have been named Keiona since 1974, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2021.
- 885
- total births
- 1974–2021
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Keiona was born in this single decade.
53 babies were named Keiona in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keiona
The Social Security Administration has registered 885 babies named Keiona between 1974 and 2021, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keiona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 53 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keiona performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 350 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Keiona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Keiona in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keiona 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 885 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.
Keiona at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keiona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1974
- Peak year (1996)
- 53
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
885 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 53 births in a single year.
Keiona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 350 births that decade — 40% of Keiona's all-time total
Keiona decade highlights
- Peak decade 350 births
- Runner-up 234 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Keiona's strongest decade
350 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Keiona by state
Where Keiona concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.6% |
6 of 885 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 0.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.7% of nationwide
- Texas 0.7% of nationwide
- Florida 0.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1974–2021 (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.