Unisex name · since 1979
Keyonta
219 babies named Keyonta in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 219
- total births
- 1979–2014
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
219 boys have been named Keyonta since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Keyonta recorded 219 times among boys since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2014.
- 219 total births
- 1979–2014 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 48% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keyonta's 219 recorded births place it above 73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keyonta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Keyonta splits its recorded history at 2000: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Keyonta popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2014
- Peak year (1995)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Keyonta popularity over time - girls
102 total births recorded since 1977 (Keyonta as girls' name)
Keyonta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Keyonta's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Keyonta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
105 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 105 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Keyonta's decade-level peak was the 1990s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1979–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keyonta: Baby Name Since 1979 - 219 Births, Peak 1995." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keyonta. 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 Keyonta 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.