Given name

Keia

Keia is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Keia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Keia through the years

Babies since 1880
597
0 boys · 597 girls
Most popular year
1993
33 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Keia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1967–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 605 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Keia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Keyandra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Koressa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Catria

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Kasea

“a vigilant woman” · “a vigilant man; one who is alert”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kaleesha

“a beautiful and caring woman”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kalesha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kededra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Kiava

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Keia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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