Is Kekoa a boy or girl name?

Kekoa is a boy’s name. Of the 2,075 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 1.1% were girls and 98.9% were boys.

Kekoa

Recorded 1972–2025 · United States

Kekoa was most popular in 2017, when 75 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,234 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,897, with 61 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,075 people named Kekoa.

Kekoa over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kekoa’s peak in 2017. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kekoa a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kekoa is a boy’s name — 1.1% of the 2,075 Americans given it were girls and 98.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Kekoa

Where Kekoa is most concentrated

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