Girls' name · since 1997
Keja
57 babies named Keja in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 57
- total births
- 1997–2004
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 89%
- born in that decade
Keja is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 57 have been recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Keja recorded 57 times among girls since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2004.
- 57 total births
- 1997–2004 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 89% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keja's 57 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keja's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 26% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 74%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2004
- Peak year (1997)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Keja by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Keja's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.
Keja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 51 births (89% of all-time use).
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- Keja's decade-level peak was the 1990s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1997–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keja: Baby Name Since 1997 - 57 Births, Peak 1997." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keja. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Keja 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 July 2026.