NameTides

Keanu

Keanu was the #648 boys' name in the US in 2025 (427 babies), and #811 in England & Wales and #981 in Canada.

Keanu as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Keanu as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Keanu as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#648 (427)#811 (40)——#981 (26)
2024#631 (442)#711 (50)——#802 (32)
2023#536 (551)#625 (57)—#770 (3)#774 (32)
2022#591 (484)#640 (55)#703 (3)—#632 (42)
2021#532 (553)#676 (53)——#794 (32)
2020#515 (557)#496 (77)—#741 (3)#943 (24)
2019#630 (429)#518 (75)#516 (5)—#551 (50)
2018#799 (283)#731 (46)——#1,093 (19)
2017#890 (242)#1,210 (22)——#1,246 (16)
2016#973 (211)#1,271 (21)——#1,159 (18)
2015#1,023 (198)#1,442 (17)——#1,319 (14)
2014#1,257 (142)#1,421 (17)——#1,311 (14)
2013#1,483 (110)#1,116 (23)——#1,926 (8)
2012#1,191 (151)#1,313 (19)——#2,158 (7)
2011#1,118 (163)#1,522 (15)——#1,163 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #515.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Keanu is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,500 to 1 in 5,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Keanu by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #885NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #243NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #668INOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #417CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: #90HITexas: #545TXFlorida: #489FL
Keanu (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#63618

Keanu (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KeanuCanadaBoys#98126
KeanuEngland & WalesBoys#81140
KeanuIrelandBoys—too few
KeanuNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KeanuScotlandBoys—too few
KeanuUSGirls—too few
KeanuUSBoys#648427