NameTides

Keshav

Keshav was the #2,108 boys' name in the US in 2025 (69 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #1,207 in Canada.

Keshav as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Keshav as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Keshav as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,108 (69)#1,466 (18)#1,207 (20)
2024#2,476 (55)#1,758 (14)#1,432 (15)
2023#2,188 (65)#2,008 (11)#1,496 (13)
2022#2,793 (46)#1,782 (13)#1,483 (13)
2021#2,775 (45)#3,451 (5)—
2020#2,846 (42)#2,404 (8)#2,197 (7)
2019#2,694 (47)#2,488 (8)#2,189 (7)
2018#2,385 (55)#1,683 (14)#1,983 (8)
2017#2,597 (48)#2,052 (11)#2,439 (6)
2016#2,365 (55)#2,027 (11)—
2015#2,457 (51)#2,707 (7)#1,816 (9)
2014#2,317 (56)#1,560 (15)#1,381 (13)
2013#2,299 (55)#2,954 (6)#2,606 (5)
2012#2,326 (55)#2,458 (8)#1,971 (8)
2011#2,478 (50)#1,788 (12)#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,108.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

How common is it?

about 1 in 25,000 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 25,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Keshav is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 23,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 29,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Keshav by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Keshav (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#1,03310

Keshav (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
KeshavCanadaBoys#1,20720
KeshavEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
KeshavNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KeshavUSBoys#2,10869