Kei
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#6143
recorded as boys
Down 1,572 since 2024
Babies in 2025
14
boys 14
Peak year
2015
33 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
837
since 1920
Born a Kei? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kei was most popular in 2015, when 33 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.02 per 1,000). In 2025, 14 babies were named Kei, ranking #6143 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 14 | 6143 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 22 | 4571 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12197 | 26 | 4112 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 17 | 5445 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 15 | 5776 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 18 | 5041 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15539 | 22 | 4480 |
| 2018 | 6 | 13793 | 25 | 4094 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 25 | 4105 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 30 | 3596 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13006 | 33 | 3365 |
| 2014 | 5 | 16513 | 25 | 4014 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 19 | 4804 |
| 2012 | 5 | 16869 | 16 | 5482 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13347 | 11 | 7009 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13448 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 14 | 6095 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17504 | 17 | 5249 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 13 | 6262 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15152 | 12 | 6460 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 12 | 6226 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 18 | 4602 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 13 | 5558 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 11 | 6088 |
| 2001 | 8 | 11020 | 14 | 5142 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15031 | 15 | 4785 |
| 1999 | 7 | 11385 | 8 | 7139 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 11 | 5466 |
| 1997 | 5 | 13724 | 13 | 4668 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 5 | 9015 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 10 | 5501 |
| 1994 | 12 | 7097 | 10 | 5452 |
| 1993 | 6 | 11780 | 5 | 8700 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10479 | 11 | 4872 |
| 1991 | 6 | 11509 | 15 | 3813 |
| 1990 | 8 | 9247 | 11 | 4673 |
| 1989 | 6 | 10847 | 9 | 5165 |
| 1988 | 8 | 8391 | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | 6 | 9825 | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 7 | 5332 |
| 1985 | 8 | 7563 | 7 | 5147 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 9 | 4215 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10275 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 10 | 3966 |
| 1981 | 8 | 7409 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 10 | 6319 | 8 | 4495 |
| 1979 | 6 | 9010 | 9 | 4068 |
| 1978 | 5 | 9750 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 6 | 5123 |
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| 1925 | <5 | — | 7 | 3408 |
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| 1920 | <5 | — | 6 | 3815 |
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Recorded as girls 22% · boys 78% across all years