Kei Popularity by Year
Follow Kei across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kei birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 14 | #6,143 | Down 1,572 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 22 | #4,571 | Down 459 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 26 | #4,112 | Up 1,333 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 7 | #12,197 | Up 3,342 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 17 | #5,445 | Up 331 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 15 | #5,776 | Down 735 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 18 | #5,041 | Down 561 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 22 | #4,480 | Down 386 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 5 | #15,539 | Down 1,746 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 25 | #4,094 | Up 11 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 6 | #13,793 | Down 787 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 25 | #4,105 | Down 509 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 30 | #3,596 | Down 231 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 33 | #3,365 | Up 649 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 7 | #13,006 | Up 3,507 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 25 | #4,014 | Up 790 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 5 | #16,513 | Up 356 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 19 | #4,804 | Up 678 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 16 | #5,482 | Up 1,527 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 5 | #16,869 | Down 3,522 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 11 | #7,009 | Up 3,757 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 7 | #13,347 | Up 101 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 6 | #10,766 | Down 4,671 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 7 | #13,448 | Up 4,056 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 14 | #6,095 | Down 846 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 17 | #5,249 | Up 1,013 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 5 | #17,504 | Down 2,352 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 13 | #6,262 | Up 198 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 12 | #6,460 | Down 234 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 6 | #15,152 | Down 4,132 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 12 | #6,226 | Down 1,624 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 18 | #4,602 | Up 956 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 13 | #5,558 | Up 530 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 11 | #6,088 | Down 946 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 14 | #5,142 | Down 357 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 8 | #11,020 | Up 4,011 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 15 | #4,785 | Up 2,354 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 5 | #15,031 | Down 3,646 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 8 | #7,139 | Down 1,673 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 7 | #11,385 | Up 2,339 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 11 | #5,466 | Down 798 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 13 | #4,668 | Up 4,347 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 5 | #13,724 | Down 6,627 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 5 | #9,015 | Down 3,514 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 10 | #5,501 | Down 49 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 10 | #5,452 | Up 3,248 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 12 | #7,097 | Up 4,683 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 5 | #8,700 | Down 3,828 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 6 | #11,780 | Down 1,301 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 11 | #4,872 | Down 1,059 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 7 | #10,479 | Up 1,030 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 15 | #3,813 | Up 860 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 6 | #11,509 | Down 2,262 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 11 | #4,673 | Up 492 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 8 | #9,247 | Up 1,600 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 9 | #5,165 | Up 2,105 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 6 | #10,847 | Down 2,456 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 5 | #7,270 | Down 1,181 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 8 | #8,391 | Up 1,434 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 6 | #6,089 | Down 757 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 6 | #9,825 | Down 2,262 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 7 | #5,332 | Down 185 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 7 | #5,147 | Down 932 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 8 | #7,563 | Up 2,712 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 9 | #4,215 | Down 249 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 5 | #10,275 | Down 2,866 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 10 | #3,966 | Up 529 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 8 | #7,409 | Down 1,090 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 8 | #4,495 | Down 427 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 10 | #6,319 | Up 2,691 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 9 | #4,068 | Up 1,055 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 6 | #9,010 | Up 740 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 5 | #9,750 | — |
| 1977 | Boys | 6 | #5,123 | Down 1,715 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 7 | #3,408 | Up 407 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 6 | #3,815 | — |