Keya

Keya was the #7,491 girls' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #2,131 in Canada.

Keya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Keya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Keya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#7,491 (14)#3,333 (7)#2,131 (10)
2024#6,932 (16)#2,772 (9)#2,259 (9)
2023#6,409 (18)#3,599 (6)#1,898 (11)
2022#9,056 (11)#3,534 (6)—
2021#5,573 (22)——
2020#5,850 (20)#4,535 (4)#2,343 (8)
2019#4,773 (28)#3,541 (6)#2,610 (7)
2018#4,144 (34)#4,684 (4)—
2017#4,220 (34)#2,706 (9)#2,876 (6)
2016#4,345 (33)#3,609 (6)#3,294 (5)
2015#3,705 (41)#2,705 (9)—
2014#3,652 (42)#2,464 (10)#2,374 (8)
2013#3,218 (50)#1,484 (21)#3,286 (5)
2012#3,711 (42)#1,483 (21)—
2011#3,550 (44)#1,374 (22)#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1972 at #1,303.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1967.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 baby girls 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 110,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Keya is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 110,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 69,000 to 1 in 190,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Keya (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KeyaCanadaGirls#2,13110
KeyaEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
KeyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KeyaUSGirls#7,49114