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Keon

#1,578 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Keon has been given to 9,275 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #1,578 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 323 recorded.

Babies named Keon, 2025

1 in 30,700

Keon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Keon: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Keon means

Keon is a given name.

The naming story behind Keon

Wikidata records Keon as a given name. The entity identifier is Q111072555, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,123 boys were recorded with the name Keon between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 323 in 2003; its best national rank was #625 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,316 in 2020 to #1,578 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,314 in 2015 to #1,578 in 2025.

In the United States, 152 girls were recorded with the name Keon between 1974 and 2003. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1977; its best national rank was #5,353 in 1977.

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.

How common is Keon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 30,700
108 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 15,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,578
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
21,278 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Keon 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 21,278 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Keon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Keons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Keon was born before 2002 — so the typical Keon is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
30.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
55.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
9,123
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Choose a decade

2000s — 30.6% of all recorded uses (2,796).

Is Keon 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
−421
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−262
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−264
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.80×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
33.4%
Peak was 2003 (323)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#625
2002

Spellings of Keon

Keon is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 34.4% against Keon's 0.27%.

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 Keon is used

Across 2016–2025, Keon was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 5,000 boys, against 1 in 12,724 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

120 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 5,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 7,143
  3. 3Georgia1 in 7,143
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in 9,091
  5. 5Alabama1 in 10,000
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 10,000
  7. 7Illinois1 in 11,111
  8. 8Ohio1 in 11,111

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.

Keon around the world

Where Keon 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.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #763
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2005–2023
    #728
    in 2023
  • Northern Ireland
    2017–2023
    #348
    in 2023
  • France
    2006–2025
    #2,967
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #916
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1995–2000
    #556
    in 2000

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Keon

People whose public names include Keon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Keon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,578
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 262
Best rank ever
#625
2002
Peak year
2003
323 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,123
Count in 2025
108

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,353
1977
Peak year
1977
12 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2003
All-time count
152
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Keon

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

DeonKeoniSimeonCleonKeonteBreonKeoneKeolaDameonGideonJayceonDaveonKeondreKeoLeonKeontaeNapoleonJaveonTeonJaceonKeokiAveonDeleonReon

Names with a curve like Keon

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

QuintenGarrisonAlexandreAlexandroDeshaunEstevanKalenGermanJairoJabariJuancarlosMaximillian

Sibling names for Keon

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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