Keontay — #9299 US boys' name
363 babies named Keontay in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Keontay was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Keontay in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keontay
The Social Security Administration has registered 363 babies named Keontay between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keontay currently holds the #9299 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keontay performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Keontay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Keontay in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keontay 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 363 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.
Keontay at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keontay popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2000)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #9299 among boys.
363 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 30 births in a single year.
Keontay popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1989 (Keontay as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Keontay accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Keontay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 174 births that decade — 48% of Keontay's all-time total
Keontay decade highlights
- Peak decade 174 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Keontay's strongest decade
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Keontay by state
Where Keontay concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
Top 5 states
- Maryland 1.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maryland accounts for 1.7% 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, 1992–2024 (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.