How Many People Are Named Keiko?

1,040

people named Keiko are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 328,639 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,184 babies named Keiko in Social Security records from 1922 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#10,328

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#5,790

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Peak Year

1995

31 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Japanese
Pronunciation: KE:-KO
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From Japanese 慶 (kei) meaning "celebrate", 敬 (kei) meaning "respect", 啓 (kei) meaning "open, begin" or 恵 (kei) meaning "favour, benefit" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
98.7%
Male
1.3%

Of the babies given the name Keiko, 98.7% were girls and 1.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 91.1% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Keiko alive today is about 30 years old, and 52% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 43 in 2025.

Under 30 541
52%
30 to 59 410
39.4%
60 and over 89
8.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Keiko first appears in the records in 1922 and was given most often in 1995, to 31 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1922 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Keiko has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,469, in 1941. In 2025 it ranked #6,688.

Girls
Rank in 2025#6,688
Best rank#2,469 (1941)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#5,359 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Keiko alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Keiko were born in California than in any other state: about 210 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Keiko was given about 8.9 times as often in California.

California 210

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