Ke

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Ke has been given to 25 babies in the U.S. since 1998. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2000, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Ke, 2001

1 in 624,000

Ke over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ke: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ke means

Ke is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Ke is used in Breton.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 25 boys were recorded with the name Ke between 1998 and 2001. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2000; its best national rank was #8,678 in 2000.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Ke?

Ke had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2001, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2001: 1 in 624,000; 6 of 3,742,181 births
Among boys only: 1 in 324,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2001: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 432,315 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ke sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2001 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 432,315 children born in 2001 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ke. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ke was born before 2000 — so the typical Ke is around 25 today.

Median birth year: 2000; About 25 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 52.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 25; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 52.0% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Ke rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2000 (7)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 10.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,678; 2000

Ke around the world

Where Ke ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

Canada
1994–1994
#1,715
in 1994
South Australia
2003–2012
#771
in 2012

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ke by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,678; 2000
Peak year: 2000; 7 that year
First recorded: 1998
Last recorded: 2001
All-time count: 25
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ke

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kensuke Keab Keol Kenyi Keari Keala Kendy Keif Keiko Kerr Kene Ker Kez Kevn Kepa Kel Kestyn Keisuke Keyder Keo Keyo Keiver Keaire Ketch

Sibling names for Ke

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Madisen Nada Sydnie Sydni Savana Brigid Jackeline Gabriel

For a brother

Donavon Syed Shamar Johnson Lars Genaro Dandre Quinten

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