Given name

Keyah

Keyah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Keyah is a variant of Kiana. Kiana has been associated with Hawaiian and Irish naming traditions.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Keyah through the years

Babies since 1880
101
0 boys · 101 girls
Most popular year
1992
10 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024620002025Highest share 19920.0
Keyah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1992–2025, 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 6 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 156 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.

Keyah’s family of names

Keyah has a related form in Kiana.

Walk Keyah’s family in the name graph

KeyahKeyaKiana

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

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

Similar names

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

Modern

Keyandra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kaleesha

“a beautiful and caring woman”

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>99% girls

Modern

Kalesha

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>99% girls

Modern

Nateya

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>99% girls

Modern

Koressa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kiava

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kanesia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Catria

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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