Keya
Girl · KEH-ya · Bengali
Keya is a girls' name of Bengali origin, meaning “screwpine flower”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Keya mean?
Bengali: Bengali keya, from Sanskrit ketaka
“screwpine flower”
The fragrant keya (screwpine) flower blooms in the monsoon and often appears in Bengali poetry and song.
- Say it
- KEH-ya
Is Keya a girl's or a boy's name?
Keya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Keya, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Keya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Keya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,579 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,330 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,332 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Keya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Keya, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1972, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Keya in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,217 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 37 | #3,872 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,720 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,220 |
| 1981 | 48 | #2,119 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,785 |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,304 |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,050 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,091 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,912 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,729 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,961 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,939 |
| 1972 | 78 | #1,303 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,686 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
Names like Keya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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