Keita was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Keita as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#12,008 (5)
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2024
#9,894 (7)
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2022
#12,330 (5)
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2020
#12,022 (5)
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2019
#6,777 (12)
#3,937 (4)
2018
#12,156 (5)
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2017
#5,526 (16)
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2016
#8,816 (8)
#4,810 (3)
2015
#5,507 (16)
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2014
#8,781 (8)
#4,632 (3)
2012
#7,559 (10)
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2011
#6,256 (13)
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2010
#8,139 (9)
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2009
#7,236 (11)
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2008
#5,249 (17)
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Keita as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Ireland
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Ireland
2021
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#3,961 (5)
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2020
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#3,899 (5)
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2019
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#2,040 (13)
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2018
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#3,985 (5)
#896 (3)
2017
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#1,995 (14)
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2016
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#5,785 (3)
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2015
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#1,961 (14)
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2014
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#2,058 (13)
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2013
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#1,774 (16)
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2012
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#1,342 (24)
#907 (3)
2011
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#2,150 (12)
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2010
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#2,104 (12)
#758 (4)
2009
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#5,556 (3)
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2007
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#842 (3)
2002
#15,432 (5)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1981 at #1,726.
Holding steady over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1971.
In 2002, 36% of US babies named Keita were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.