Keyontae
Masculine
Keyontae is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 475 boys against 13 girls since 1880.
Keyontae entered the US charts in 1990, peaked at #3512 in 2001, ranks #8910 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Keyontae?
Keyontae first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Keyontae alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 500 people named Keyontae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Keyontae most popular?
Keyontae peaked in 2001, reaching #3512 nationally. Today it ranks #8910, 5,398 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1990
- Most boys named
- 200828 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3512reached in 2001
- Change vs 2024
- −33.3%8 in 2025, from 12
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Keyontaes among us
people named Keyontae are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 213,510 born in 2025 was named Keyontae
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Tecumseh test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Keyontae's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Tecumseh climbed just as high around 1916, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Tecumseh's path sketches the road Keyontae is walking now.
Keyontae sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Keyontae beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Keyontae in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
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Frequently asked
- How many Keyontaes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Keyontae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Keyontae in 2025?
- Keyontae ranks #8910 among US boy names in 2025, with 8 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Keyontae?
- About 1 in every 213,510 US boys born in 2025 was named Keyontae — 8 in all.
- Will my child share the name Keyontae with classmates?
- Keyontae will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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