Kea

Girl · recorded 1964–2022

  • 2022last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kea.

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Its story

Popularity since 1964

091819641979199320082022

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 47 recorded years as a table
Kea, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19645
19664
19674
19685
19698
19706
197112
197211
197311
197410
197514
197612
197715
197818
197912
198010
198113
198210
198316
198410
19859
19868
198710
19885
198910
199011
199111
199210
199313
19947
19956
19965
19976
19986
19994
20007
20024
20037
20045
20055
20064
20076
20083
20095
20123
20195
20225

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kea isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2022
8
Rank in 2022
#11,231
How rare
1 in 205,016 girls
Since 1964
653

Kea was last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 18 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kea doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.