Kekoa
Kekoa was the 2296th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 61 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 1929th with 75 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 267 places. More babies were named Kekoa in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,296 boys, up 40 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 61boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201775 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,075babies recorded
Kekoa popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 22 since 2000.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,296 | 61 |
| 2020 | #2,336 | 58 |
| 2010 | #2,136 | 63 |
| 2000 | #2,277 | 43 |
| 1990 | #2,830 | 23 |
| 1980 | #3,735 | 11 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kekoa, counting every spelling?
Kekoa has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kekoa?
61 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kekoa (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kekoa born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 138 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kekoa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kekoa?
About 2,000 people born in the US named Kekoa are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 9 and 26. That makes Kekoa mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kekoa by state
How common Kekoa was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Hawaii (71.8×), California (2.0×). In 44 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kekoa: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kekoa, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kekoa
How popular is the name Kekoa?
Kekoa was the 2296th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 61 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 1929th with 75 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 267 places. More babies were named Kekoa in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kekoa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kekoa in the US.
Where is Kekoa most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kekoa was most common in Hawaii (2.58 per 1,000 boys), followed by Nevada and Utah.