Unisex name · since 1971
Keita
Keita has 491 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,979 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,319 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 491
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Keita currently ranks #12319 among unisex names in America, with 491 babies recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keita has been recorded 491 times among boys since 1971, currently ranked #12319 nationally and more common than 12% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #7,979 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,319 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 491 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keita ranks #7,979 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,319 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 491 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,979 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,319 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 491
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Keita's 491 recorded births place it above 82.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Keita compares
491 Top 44% higher than 56% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Keita's all-time total is 33% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keita | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 491 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 34 | 22,252 |
Keita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keita's full recorded timeline at 1998, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keita popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (1981)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Keita popularity over time - girls
189 total births recorded since 1967 (Keita as girls' name)
Keita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (100 births, 20% of the file).
1980s was Keita's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Keita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
86 births
- 1980s
1980s
100 births
- 1990s
1990s
99 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 100 births (20% of all-time use).
Keita by state
Where Keita concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20 | 4.1% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 6 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.0% |
20 of 491 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Keita's data
- Keita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Keitas (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Keita 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.