Girls' name · since 1983

Keystal

Keystal has 17 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#47,862 of 72,339
all-time among girls
17
born since 1983
1980s
peak decade

Keystal is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1983.

Keystal has 17 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1985.

  • #47,862 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 17 born since 1983
  • 1980s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keystal ranks #47,862 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.

#47,862 of 72,339
all-time among girls
17
born since 1983
1980s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Keystal's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Keystal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Keystal splits its recorded history at 1984: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Keystal popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1985

Last recorded 1985
Peak year (1983)
6
Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
4.555.566.5 198319841985 5

Keystal by decade

1980s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).

1980s was Keystal's strongest decade.

17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Keystal births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window.

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Keystal? ▼
Keystal has been given to 17 babies in the U.S. since 1983, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #47,862 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1985. 6 babies were born in 1983, its single highest year.
Where does Keystal sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keystal ranks #47,862 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Keystal most popular? ▼
Keystal was most popular in the 1980s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 1983.
How long has the name Keystal been used? ▼
Keystal has been recorded in Social Security data since 1983, spanning 3 years of data through 1985.
What names are similar to Keystal? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Keyla, Keyana, Keyonna, Keyanna, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Keystal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1983–1985 (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 Keystal 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.