girls:
189 births since 1967
#5527 (3rd percentile)
boys:
479 births since 1971
#4107 (10th percentile)
overall:
668 births since 1967
#7071 (9th percentile)
The name Keita is the #7,071 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 668 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 8.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,107 (10.4% percentile) for all time with 479 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,527 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 189 births since 1967.
Keita first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Keita is available in 53 out of the 56 years between 1967 and 2022 (48 years for boys and 21 years for girls). 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.
The name Keita has been given predominantly to boys, with 71.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Keita were boys. Interestingly, until around 1977, the name was more popular for girls (62.4% girls from 1967 to 1976), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (82.2% boys from 1977 to 2022).
For boys, Keita reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #654) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 18 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Keita reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #742) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2002.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keita".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Keita. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.8% confident that Keita is pronounced as KAY-tuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-tuh, at 34.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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