Keita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-tah
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Keita is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Keita mean?
Japanese: Japanese boys' name; also a Mande clan name in West Africa
A Japanese boys' name whose meaning depends on the kanji; Keita is also the West African clan of Sundiata, founder of the Mali Empire.
Is Keita a girl's or a boy's name?
Keita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keita in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Keita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
How popular is Keita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Keita, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Keita in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keita in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
Names like Keita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Kiara, Aoibheann, Kianna, Eireann, Kiana, Caoimhe, Brianna, Cassidy, Teagan, Raegan, Caragh
Names related to Keita
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Keita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keita, updated 20 October 2026.