Keyatta — girls' name
115 babies named Keyatta in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
115 girls have been named Keyatta since 1976, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1999.
- 115
- total births
- 1976–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Keyatta was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Keyatta in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keyatta
The Social Security Administration has registered 115 babies named Keyatta between 1976 and 1999, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keyatta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keyatta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Keyatta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Keyatta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keyatta 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 115 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.
Keyatta at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keyatta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1976
- Peak year (1982)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
115 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 11 births in a single year.
Keyatta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 62 births that decade — 54% of Keyatta's all-time total
Keyatta decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Keyatta's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Keyatta by state
Where Keyatta concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 4.3% |
5 of 115 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 4.3% 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, 1976–1999 (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.