Key Popularity by Year
Follow Key across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Key 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Boys | 7 | #9,894 | Down 973 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 8 | #8,921 | Up 3,325 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 5 | #12,246 | Down 138 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 5 | #12,108 | Up 166 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 5 | #12,274 | Up 93 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 5 | #12,367 | Down 2,419 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 6 | #9,948 | Down 367 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 6 | #9,581 | Down 1,707 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 7 | #7,874 | Down 314 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 5 | #14,411 | Down 6,416 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 7 | #7,560 | Down 942 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 8 | #6,618 | Up 518 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 7 | #7,136 | Up 1,732 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 4,171 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 12 | #4,697 | Up 2,481 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 6 | #7,178 | Down 237 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 6 | #6,941 | Up 10 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 5 | #6,951 | Down 636 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 5 | #6,315 | Down 1,256 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 6 | #5,059 | Up 64 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 6 | #5,123 | Down 1,069 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 7 | #4,054 | Down 402 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 5 | #7,995 | — |
| 1961 | Boys | 6 | #3,652 | Up 13 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 6 | #3,665 | Up 49 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 5 | #3,714 | Down 46 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 5 | #3,668 | Up 313 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 5 | #3,981 | Down 717 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 5 | #3,264 | — |