Kei

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kei: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,087 in 2006, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2087highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1999

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2087 among boys in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kei by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Kei in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	27	7 of 10	4
2010s	18	5 of 10	4
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Kei appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2087 in England and Wales in 2006.

Kei'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,087, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Anirudh · #2087, 19y
Caian · #2087, 15y
Caylan · #2087, 21y
Cobain · #2087, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Mehrab · #2087, 16y
Hansel · #2088, 16y
Zulqarnain · #2088, 15y
Lavanya · #2085, 22y

Kei 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 Kei without appearing here.

Kei moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4647 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3478 and #4810.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4702 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Joakim Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3744 and #3227 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #4789.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4333 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3744 and #4527.

Moved ahead of Kei

Ole Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2087 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #1756.
Gustav Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2087 and #2282 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #2435.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2097 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.
Kasper Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2097 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.

Moved the opposite way to Kei

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kei went from #2863 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kei went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kei went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kei went from #2863 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kei

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kei went from #2863 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kei went from #2863 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kei went from #2863 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kei went from #2863 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2087 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kei

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Popularity journey

Kei by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kei at a glance

Kei by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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