Keona — #5839 US girls' name
3,234 babies named Keona in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 67% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Keona was born in this single decade.
135 babies were named Keona in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keona
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,234 babies named Keona between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keona currently holds the #5839 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 135 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keona performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 953 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Keona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 208 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Keona in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keona 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 3,234 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.
Keona at a glance
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Current rank
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Keona popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2004)
- 135
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #5839 among girls.
3,234 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 135 births in a single year.
Keona popularity over time — boys
80 total births recorded since 2003 (Keona as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Keona accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Keona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 953 births that decade — 29% of Keona's all-time total
Keona decade highlights
- Peak decade 953 births
- Runner-up 923 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Keona's strongest decade
953 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Keona by state
Where Keona concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 208 | 6.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 171 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 158 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 117 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 99 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 63 | 1.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 63 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 61 | 1.9% |
208 of 3,234 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.4% of nationwide
- Texas 5.3% of nationwide
- Maryland 4.9% of nationwide
- Virginia 3.6% of nationwide
- Florida 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Keona appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1973–2024 (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.