Keya — #6968 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Keya

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,897 babies named Keya between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keya currently holds the #6968 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keya performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 465 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Keya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 115 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Keya in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keya 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 1,897 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.