# Keanu (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keanu/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hawaiian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /kiˈɑnu/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,920 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,695 / 225 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,046, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian Keanu.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 23 | 4,514 |
| 1997 | 15 | 6,332 |
| 1998 | 15 | 6,539 |
| 1999 | 10 | 9,152 |
| 2000 | 20 | 5,585 |
| 2001 | 8 | 11,518 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,788 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17,051 |
| 2004 | 6 | 15,103 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15,460 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,165 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,684 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,325 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,905 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 163 | 1,123 |
| 2012 | 151 | 1,193 |
| 2013 | 110 | 1,487 |
| 2014 | 142 | 1,260 |
| 2015 | 198 | 1,026 |
| 2016 | 211 | 975 |
| 2017 | 242 | 891 |
| 2018 | 283 | 800 |
| 2019 | 429 | 630 |
| 2020 | 557 | 515 |
| 2021 | 553 | 532 |
| 2022 | 484 | 591 |
| 2023 | 551 | 538 |
| 2024 | 442 | 632 |
| 2025 | 427 | 649 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,116 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,271 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,210 |
| 2018 | 46 | 731 |
| 2019 | 75 | 518 |
| 2020 | 77 | 496 |
| 2021 | 53 | 676 |
| 2022 | 55 | 640 |
| 2023 | 57 | 625 |
| 2024 | 50 | 711 |
| 2025 | 40 | 811 |

## People named Keanu

- Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor and musician (born 1964)
- Keanu Pinder, Australian basketball player (born 1995)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.