Kei**
#5,345 most common boys' name of all time · #13,303 across all names · 78% male / 22% female · used 1920–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,345
Rank overall
#13,303 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
837
Since 2016
232
Peak year
2015 #3,380
Best rank
#3,380 2015
Girls
Boys
peak 40/yr
Kei first appears in 1920. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,189 |
| 2024 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,598 |
| 2023 | 7 | 26 | 33 | #4,126 |
| 2022 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,475 |
| 2021 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,812 |
| 2020 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,079 |
| 2019 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #4,509 |
| 2018 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #4,116 |
| 2017 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,130 |
| 2016 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,618 |
| 2015 | 7 | 33 | 40 | #3,380 |
| 2014 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #4,040 |
| 2013 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,835 |
| 2012 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #5,515 |
| 2011 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #7,076 |
| 2010 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #10,927 |
| 2009 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,146 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #5,279 |
| 2007 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,318 |
| 2006 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #6,531 |
| 2005 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,290 |
| 2004 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,642 |
| 2003 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,613 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,174 |
| 2001 | 8 | 14 | 22 | #5,186 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #4,843 |
| 1999 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #7,268 |
| 1998 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,536 |
| 1997 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #4,731 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,213 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,598 |
| 1994 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 1993 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #8,952 |
| 1992 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #4,961 |
| 1991 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #3,869 |
| 1990 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #4,753 |
| 1989 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #5,278 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #7,523 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #6,303 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,491 |
| 1985 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #5,334 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,331 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1982 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,072 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1980 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #4,633 |
| 1979 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #4,185 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,351 |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,718 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,251 |