Girls' name · since 1976
Keyatta
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.
- 115
- total births
- 1976–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
Keyatta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 115 recorded since 1976.
Social Security Administration records show Keyatta recorded 115 times among girls since 1976, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1999.
- 115 total births
- 1976–1999 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 54% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keyatta's 115 recorded births place it above 65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Keyatta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Keyatta splits its recorded history at 1987: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Keyatta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1999
- Peak year (1982)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Keyatta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Keyatta's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Keyatta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 62 births (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.
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- Keyatta's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 1990s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Illinois records the most Keyattas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
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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, 1976–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keyatta: Baby Name Since 1976 - 115 Births, Peak 1982." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keyatta. 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 Keyatta 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.