Keita**
#6,076 most common boys' name of all time · #15,120 across all names · 72% male / 28% female · used 1967–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,076
Rank overall
#15,120 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
680
Since 2016
63
Peak year
1981 #1,756
Best rank
#1,756 1981
Girls
Boys
peak 49/yr
Keita first appears in 1967. 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 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,313 |
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,110 |
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,662 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,374 |
| 2019 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,881 |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,511 |
| 2017 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,607 |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,988 |
| 2015 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,575 |
| 2014 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,975 |
| 2012 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,703 |
| 2011 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,297 |
| 2009 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,348 |
| 2008 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,303 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,747 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,970 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,449 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,191 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,077 |
| 2002 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #7,238 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,754 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,725 |
| 1999 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,872 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,482 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,261 |
| 1995 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #4,150 |
| 1994 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,942 |
| 1993 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,157 |
| 1992 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,694 |
| 1991 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,917 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,599 |
| 1989 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,222 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,621 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #6,105 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,760 |
| 1983 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #5,190 |
| 1982 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #4,146 |
| 1981 | 16 | 33 | 49 | #1,756 |
| 1980 | 11 | 15 | 26 | #3,055 |
| 1979 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #6,568 |
| 1978 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #4,406 |
| 1977 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #4,753 |
| 1975 | 16 | 13 | 29 | #3,032 |
| 1974 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #3,087 |
| 1973 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #3,412 |
| 1972 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #4,306 |
| 1971 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #3,344 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1969 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1968 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1967 | 6 | — | 6 | — |