Keanu
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #12,243 · #648 for boys in 2025, 427 births
Given to boys 97.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 557 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,695since 1990
Keanu over time
Rank among boys' names. Keanu has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #648 | 427 | |
| 2024 | — | #631 | 442 | |
| 2023 | — | #536 | 551 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #591 | 484 |
| 2021 | — | #532 | 553 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #515 | 557 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #630 | 429 |
| 2018 | — | #799 | 283 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #890 | 242 |
| 2016 | — | #973 | 211 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,023 | 198 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,257 | 142 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,483 | 110 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,191 | 151 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,118 | 163 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,143 | 162 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,125 | 164 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,111 | 165 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,102 | 165 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,033 | 177 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #972 | 179 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #867 | 202 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #836 | 208 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #807 | 212 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #674 | 269 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | #770 | 216 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #837 | 180 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #970 | 142 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #767 | 194 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 | #620 | 280 |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 | #537 | 356 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #752 | 195 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #1,108 | 102 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #1,068 | 105 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #1,336 | 71 |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Keanu! It came in at #5,823, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1990, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
Where Keanu is popular in 1993
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#72 · 1 in 284
- Texas#985 · 1 in 15,307
- California#1,023 · 1 in 18,363
- Florida#1,087 · 1 in 17,563
Best ever in a state: #32 in Hawaii, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Hawaii | #72 | 23 | 1 in 284 |
| Texas | #985 | 10 | 1 in 15,307 |
| California | #1,023 | 15 | 1 in 18,363 |
| Florida | #1,087 | 5 | 1 in 17,563 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Keanu
- 17 spots since 2024 (#631 → #648)
- 133 spots since 2020 (#515 → #648)
- 375 spots since 2015 (#1,023 → #648)
- Biggest jump: 356 spots in 1994 (#1,108 → #752)
- Biggest drop: 203 spots in 1998 (#767 → #970)
- Debuted 1990
- Peaked 2020 at #515 (557 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1994–2005
- Highest: 1 in 3,099 boys born in 2020 were named Keanu (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,000 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 34.7% of all boys named Keanu (3,014) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,633 | #537 (1995) | #1,382 |
| 2000s | 1,957 | #674 (2001) | #930 |
| 2010s | 2,091 | #630 (2019) | #1,051 |
| 2020s | 3,014 | #515 (2020) | #576 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Keanu in 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 139,159 of them was named Keanu, which outranked 58.1% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,264Zayna14
- #6,264Zelda14
- #6,264Zoee14
- #6,622Keanu13
- #6,622Aarti13
- #6,622Afia13
- #6,622Airam13
- #7,038Aesha12
- #7,038Airika12
- #7,038Aishia12
Tied with 415 names at #6,622; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 19,229 of them was named Keanu, which outranked 89.1% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,104Dangelo103
- #1,104Edmond103
- #1,104Kendell103
- #1,108Keanu102
- #1,108Carey102
- #1,108Dajuan102
- #1,108Nicholaus102
- #1,118Alek101
- #1,118Denis101
- #1,118Giuseppe101
Tied with 9 names at #1,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.