How rare is the name Keiko?

4,672 people in the United States have the first name Keiko, about 1 in 64,647. It ranks #4,117 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KEIKO

#4,117

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,672
About
1 in 64,647
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,672 people named Keiko, 84.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 8.3% as two or more races and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 99% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Keiko peaked in 1995, when 31 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19222025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
31
In 2025*
24 ▼23%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,184 babies have been given the name since 1922. 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.

Keiko by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #5,923. The largest share of babies named Keiko, 24.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1920s#8,13841
1930s#5,92363
1940s#6,42160
1950s#11,06318
1960s#8,37160
1970s#8,156103
1980s#7,019172
1990s#8,632182
2000s#12,201154
2010s#11,704174
2020s#8,654157
Greatest Generation 1901–271.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.7%
Baby boom 1946–643.8%
Generation X 1965–8013.2%
Millennials 1981–9624.8%
Generation Z 1997–1221.8%
2013 and later23%

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.

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Keiko, most common first.

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