Recorded 1990–2025 · United States
Keanu was most popular in 2020, when 562 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,045 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,311, with 427 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 8,920 people named Keanu.
Keanu first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1990, which makes it about 35 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 36 of the 36 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 8,920 American births named Keanu between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 8,800 are estimated to be alive today.
427 American babies were named Keanu in 2025, ranking #1,311 that year.
Keanu is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 493 births a year, against 153 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +223% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Keanu is a boy’s name — 2.5% of the 8,920 Americans given it were girls and 97.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 8,800 Americans named Keanu are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 5 and 25.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org