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Kekoa

#2,296 in 2025Boys' name

The + warrior; koa tree

Kekoa has been given to 2,075 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #2,296 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 75 recorded.

Babies named Kekoa, 2025

1 in 54,300

Kekoa over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kekoa: meaning, origin, and history

The + warrior; koa tree

Hawaiian

What Kekoa means

Kekoa means “the + warrior; koa tree”, associated with ke and koa.

Origin, language, and formation

Kekoa is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Kekoa is pronounced /keˈko.a/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,053 boys were recorded with the name Kekoa between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 75 in 2017; its best national rank was #1,929 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,335 in 2020 to #2,296 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,029 in 2015 to #2,296 in 2025.

In the United States, 22 girls were recorded with the name Kekoa between 2000 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2001; its best national rank was #9,051 in 2001.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kekoa?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 54,300
61 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 28,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,296
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
37,672 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kekoa 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 2025 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 37,672 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kekoa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kekoas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kekoa was born before 2009 — so the typical Kekoa is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
30.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
72.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,053
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 30.3% of all recorded uses (623).

Is Kekoa 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
+284
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+39
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−267
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.86×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
81.3%
Peak was 2017 (75)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,929
2017

Spellings of Kekoa

Kekoa is not the most common spelling — Keon is, with 19.9% against Kekoa's 4.5%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kekoa is used

Across 1910–2025, Kekoa was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 800 boys, against 1 in 30,426 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

0125 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 800
  2. 2Nevada1 in 20,000
  3. 3Washington1 in 33,333
  4. 4California1 in 50,000
  5. 5Utah1 in 100,000
  6. 6Arizona1 in —
  7. 7Oregon1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kekoa has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kekoa around the world

Where Kekoa 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.

  • South Australia
    2012–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kekoa by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,296
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 39
Best rank ever
#1,929
2017
Peak year
2017
75 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,053
Count in 2025
61

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,051
2001
Peak year
2001
11 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2002
All-time count
22
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kekoa

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

MakoaNakoaTekoaKoaKaikoaKekaiNikoaAkoaTakoaJakoaZakoaKekeliKanekoa

Names with a curve like Kekoa

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kekoa, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

YehoshuaArionNahumCaineMuhammedJarethAjNaeemMahdiKamranKainoaKrishna

Sibling names for Kekoa

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

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