Keita

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Keita by the numbers

Keita was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 33 babies in 1981, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Keita

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keita. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kenta6 in the US (2017)
  • Keenasmall keen one; a form of Keenan13 in the US (2017)
  • Kealathe path or way10 in the US (2017)
  • Keshahair; a form of Keisha7 in the US (2017)
  • Keolalife6 in the US (2017)
  • Keigan39 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Keita

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