How rare is the name Keanu?

5,104 people in the United States have the first name Keanu, about 1 in 59,175. It ranks #3,856 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KEANU

#3,856

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,104
About
1 in 59,175
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,104 people named Keanu, 30.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 18% as two or more races and 17.2% as Black. 96.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Keanu peaked in 2020, when 562 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19902025
Peak year
2020
Births that year
562
In 2025*
427 ▼24%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,920 babies have been given the name since 1990. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Keanu by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,163. The largest share of babies named Keanu, 52.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#1,8371,780
2000s#2,0422,012
2010s#2,1332,102
2020s#1,1633,026
Millennials 1981–9613.7%
Generation Z 1997–1234.1%
2013 and later52.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Keanu is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Keanu has been most common in Hawaii (32×), Nevada (5.8×), and Arizona (3.5×), and least common in Missouri (0.19×).

6,998 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Keanu

#3,854 Kalen · 5,108#3,855 Jerod · 5,107#3,857 Breann · 5,102#3,857 Obed · 5,102

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Keanu, most common first.

#6,871 Keana · 2,284#9,697 Keane · 1,419#11,498 Kean · 1,111#21,583 Keani · 469#30,462 Keano · 286

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