girls:
597 births since 1967
#5119 (10th percentile)
overall:
597 births since 1967
#7142 (8th percentile)
The name Keia is the #7,142 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 597 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 7.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,119 (10.4% percentile) for all time with 597 births since 1967.
Keia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (first recorded for girls in 1967). Birth data for Keia is available in 37 out of the 46 years between 1967 and 2012. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Keia reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #837) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keia".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Keia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 26 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Kia" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Kia..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Keia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.9% confident that Keia is pronounced as KEE-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-uh, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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