How Many People Are Named Keanu?
people named Keanu are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 38,825 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,920 babies named Keanu in Social Security records from 1990 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
562 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "the cool breeze" from Hawaiian ke, a definite article, and anu "coolness".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Keanu, 2.5% were girls and 97.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 8.3% of the babies were girls then and 0.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Keanu alive today is about 14 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Keanu first appears in the records in 1990 and was given most often in 2020, to 562 babies. In 2025, 427 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1990 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Keanu has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #515, in 2020. In 2025 it ranked #649.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #649 |
| Best rank | #515 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #579 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Keanu alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Keanu were born in California than in any other state: about 1,801 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Keanu was given 38.9 times as often in Hawaii, 2.6 times in New Mexico and 2.6 times in Nevada.
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