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

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Peak · boys
2020 · 557 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,695
since 1990

Keanu over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Keanu has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#648427
2024#631442
2023#536551
2022#12,2437#591484
2021#532553
2020#15,0885#515557
2019#13,7996#630429
2018#799283
2017#15,9025#890242
2016#973211
2015#1,023198
2014#1,257142
2013#1,483110
2012#1,191151
2011#1,118163
2010#1,143162
2009#1,125164
2008#1,111165
2007#1,102165
2006#17,1685#1,033177
2005#14,5026#972179
2004#14,1796#867202
2003#15,7845#836208
2002#15,4325#807212
2001#11,0208#674269
2000#5,49120#770216
1999#8,80510#837180
1998#6,36015#970142
1997#6,16315#767194
1996#4,45323#620280
1995#3,49231#537356
1994#6,67213#752195
1993#6,62213#1,108102
1992#7,06712#1,068105
1991#5,94915#1,33671
1990#5,8238
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First appearance
1990

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.

See more about Keanu
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1990
  • Peaked 2020 at #515 (557 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1994–2005
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,099
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 34.7% of all boys named Keanu (3,014) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s1,633#537 (1995)#1,382
2000s1,957#674 (2001)#930
2010s2,091#630 (2019)#1,051
2020s3,014#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 2005

girls
#14,502
6 births · 1 in 307,974 girls
boys
#972
179 births · 1 in 11,158 boys

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #14,502Keanu6

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #972Keanu179
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 307,974 of them was named Keanu, which outranked 24.5% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Keanu
  1. #13,010Zonia7
  2. #13,010Zsofia7
  3. #13,010Zuliana7
  4. #14,502Keanu6
  5. #14,502Aailyah6
  6. #14,502Aalayjah6
  7. #14,502Aania6
  8. #16,462Aalana5
  9. #16,462Aaliyaha5
  10. #16,462Aaliyiah5

Tied with 1,959 names at #14,502; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. 6,271Mikalah#7,077#806
  2. 2,724Yuridia#3,689#965
  3. 2,236Naima#3,127#891
  4. 1,924Karol#2,742#818
  5. 1,125Karma#1,972#847
Fallers
  1. 397Rhea#908#1,305
  2. 360Laisha#789#1,149
  3. 334Ashtyn#956#1,290
  4. 285Hunter#742#1,027
  5. 282Angeles#973#1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 11,158 of them was named Keanu, which outranked 92.7% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Keanu
  1. #967Carlton180
  2. #967Dion180
  3. #967Rocky180
  4. #972Keanu179
  5. #972Arnav179
  6. #972Dallin179
  7. #972Fidel179
  8. #976Efren178
  9. #976Jaren178
  10. #976Reilly178

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. 3,722Talan#4,264#542
  2. 1,048Carmine#1,934#886
  3. 727Leland#1,335#608
  4. 528Amare#1,159#631
  5. 525Braylen#1,359#834
Fallers
  1. 817Madison#857#1,674
  2. 783Andon#865#1,648
  3. 406Kanye#486#892
  4. 379Jakobe#846#1,225
  5. 359Koda#930#1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2005