Keita

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Keita: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Keita: Recorded since 2007, it reached #758 in 2010, and it stood at #3,961 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
15years from first to last
#758highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2009–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#5556
2010	#2104
2011	#2150
2012	#1342
2013	#1774
2014	#2058
2015	#1961
2016	#5785
2017	#1995
2018	#3985
2019	#2040
2020	#3899
2021	#3961

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2009 to 2021.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3985 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2007–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #842 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2018
Highest recorded position: #758 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2010 (recorded 2007–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #3961 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Keita appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 13 ranked years and 139 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 2007.

Keita across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Keita's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#5556 (2009)	#1342 (2012)	#3961 (2021)	13 of 13	139 (2009–2021)	24 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#758 (2010)	#896 (2018)	4 of 12	13 (2007–2018)	4 (2010)
England and Wales · Boys	#4632 (2014)	#3937 (2019)	#3937 (2019)	3 of 6	10 (2014–2019)	4 (2019)

Keita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Keita in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	126	10 of 10	13
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Keita appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2007 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #758 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Keita's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1342	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2007 and 2021, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #758, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Keisha · #238, 29y
Keisi · #3899, 10y
Keith · #17, 74y
Kelan · #238, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alexie · #758, 19y
Blanca · #758, 19y
Dannii · #758, 18y
Estela · #758, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Blanca · #758, 19y
Emili · #758, 21y
Enrika · #758, 8y
Estela · #758, 14y

Keita was ranked #758 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Keita and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Keita without appearing here.

Keita moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1995 and #5765.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Shea Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #2901 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #4686.
Kristy Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2104 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Keita

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1995 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #1436.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1995 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #1711.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.
Teddy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1995 and #3229 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #2340.

Moved the opposite way to Keita

Meabh Compare
Between 2011 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Keita went from #2150 to #3961 while Meabh went from #4049 to #1286.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2007 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #758 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Keita

Keita at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Keita across 3 official records

Keita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Keita appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Keita

Keita and the names beside it

Keita moved ahead of

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Keita at a glance

Keita across 3 official records

Keita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Keita appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Keita

Keita and the names beside it

Keita moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Keita

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