Girls' name · since 1986
Keyera
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 885 babies named Keyera, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 885
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keyera sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 885 recorded since 1986.
Keyera has 885 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2018.
- #8,168 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 885 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keyera ranks #8,168 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 885 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 885
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keyera's 885 recorded births place it above 88.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Keyera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keyera's full recorded timeline at 2002, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keyera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2018
- Peak year (1997)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2018.
885 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 50 births in a single year.
Keyera by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (388 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Keyera's strongest decade.
388 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Keyera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1980s 67
1980s
67 births
- 1990s
1990s
388 births
- 2000s
2000s
357 births
- 2010s 73
2010s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 388 births (44% of all-time use).
Keyera decade highlights
- Peak decade 388 births
- Runner-up 357 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Keyera compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Keyera's total volume
Keyera by state
Where Keyera concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 33 | 3.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 22 | 2.5% |
| #3 | California | | 17 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
33 of 885 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.7% of nationwide
- Florida 2.5% of nationwide
- California 1.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Keyera's data
- Keyera's decade-level peak was the 1990s (388 total births); usage has since declined to 73 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Keyeras (33 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Keyera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1986–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Keyera 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 August 2026.
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