# Keon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keon/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,275 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,123 / 152 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 629, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7 | 8,580 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8,533 |
| 1982 | 9 | 7,167 |
| 1984 | 9 | 7,068 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,932 |
| 1986 | 7 | 9,012 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,269 |
| 1988 | 6 | 11,046 |
| 1989 | 7 | 10,250 |
| 1991 | 5 | 14,245 |
| 1992 | 9 | 9,116 |
| 1994 | 5 | 14,546 |
| 1995 | 10 | 8,413 |
| 1998 | 6 | 13,275 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17,093 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 202 | 977 |
| 2012 | 192 | 1,020 |
| 2013 | 187 | 1,033 |
| 2014 | 169 | 1,132 |
| 2015 | 135 | 1,314 |
| 2016 | 146 | 1,256 |
| 2017 | 154 | 1,203 |
| 2018 | 127 | 1,391 |
| 2019 | 134 | 1,343 |
| 2020 | 137 | 1,316 |
| 2021 | 152 | 1,259 |
| 2022 | 181 | 1,151 |
| 2023 | 154 | 1,254 |
| 2024 | 181 | 1,157 |
| 2025 | 108 | 1,578 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,158 |
| 2012 | 32 | 927 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 32 | 928 |
| 2017 | 23 | 1,178 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,250 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 48 | 729 |
| 2025 | 44 | 763 |

## People named Keon

- Keon Johnson, American basketball player (born 2002)
- Keon Ellis, American basketball player
- Keon Clark, American basketball player (born 1975)
- Keon Coleman, American football player

## 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.