# Keiko (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keiko/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Japanese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,184 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14 / 1,170 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 18, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese けいこ (Keiko).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 7,612 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,641 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,578 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,853 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,698 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,427 |
| 2017 | 23 | 5,590 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6,662 |
| 2019 | 18 | 6,564 |
| 2020 | 28 | 4,700 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,166 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,398 |
| 2023 | 26 | 5,061 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,531 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,689 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 10,417 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,206 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

## People named Keiko

- Keiko Fujimori, 67th President of Peru
- Keiko Agena, American actress
- Keiko Kishi, actress, writer (1932-2026)
- Keiko Chiba, Former Japanese politician, lawyer and civic activist
- Mazie Hirono, American lawyer and politician (born 1947)

## 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.