How Many People Are Named Key?
people named Key are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,219,382 people in the US has this name
Based on 176 babies named Key in Social Security records from 1914 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
12 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Key, 6.2% were girls and 93.8% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Key alive today is about 32 years old, and 52% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Key first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1993, to 12 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Key has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,517, in 1914.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,517 (1914) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,954 in the 1990s |
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