NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Key Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Key: every year it appeared on the national list since 1914, with 166 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
166
Peak year
1993 #4873
Years on the list
27
10-year trend
+200.0%

In the 1990s ·

Popularity history

1914–2024

YearBirthsRank
19906#7663
199312#4873
19955#9643
19967#7587
19978#6973
19987#8056
19997#8325
20036#10282
20046#10717
20075#13476
20125#13310
20145#13133
20175#13330
20238#9379
20247#10440

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1993

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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