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Keoni

#2,067 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Yahweh is gracious, through John

Keoni has been given to 3,576 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #2,067 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 113 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Keoni, 2025

1 in 46,000

Keoni over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Keoni over time

In 2025, Keoni went to 15% girls and 85% boys.

19682025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Keoni: meaning, origin, and history

Yahweh is gracious, through John

English

What Keoni means

Keoni belongs to the name family reached through Keoni → John. Its meaning is “Yahweh is gracious”.

Origin, language, and formation

Keoni is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include English.

Keoni comes through English John.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include John.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Keoni is pronounced /keˈo.ni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,204 boys were recorded with the name Keoni between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 113 in 2013; its best national rank was #1,269 in 1999.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,793 in 2020 to #2,067 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,834 in 2015 to #2,067 in 2025.

In the United States, 372 girls were recorded with the name Keoni between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2022; its best national rank was #6,345 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,677 in 2020 to #8,106 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,394 in 2015 to #8,106 in 2025.

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 Keoni?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 46,000
72 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 23,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,067
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
31,916 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Keoni 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 31,916 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Keoni. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Keonis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Keoni was born before 2007 — so the typical Keoni is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
26.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
66.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,204
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 26.3% of all recorded uses (843).

Is Keoni 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
−339
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−274
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−233
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.89×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
63.7%
Peak was 2013 (113)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,269
1999

Spellings of Keoni

Keoni is not the most common spelling — Leon is, with 42.7% against Keoni's 0.75%.

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 Keoni is used

Across 2016–2025, Keoni was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 758 boys, against 1 in 16,634 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in 100,000).

1132 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 758
  2. 2Washington1 in 7,143
  3. 3California1 in 9,091
  4. 4Oregon1 in 12,500
  5. 5Florida1 in 20,000
  6. 6Utah1 in 20,000
  7. 7Arizona1 in 25,000
  8. 8Missouri1 in 50,000

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.

Keoni around the world

Where Keoni 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
    2003–2022
    #3,450
    in 2022
  • France
    2001–2025
    #2,545
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2005–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    2007–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS 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.

Keoni by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,067
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 274
Best rank ever
#1,269
1999
Peak year
2013
113 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,204
Count in 2025
72

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,106
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 571
Best rank ever
#6,345
2022
Peak year
2022
19 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
372
Count in 2025
13

Names similar to Keoni

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

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Names with a curve like Keoni

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

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Sibling names for Keoni

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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