Keahi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- keh-AH-hee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Keahi is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the fire”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Keahi mean?
Hawaiian: from ke 'the' and ahi 'fire'
“the fire”
A Hawaiian name formed from ke 'the' and ahi 'fire'.
Is Keahi a girl's or a boy's name?
Keahi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keahi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Keahi, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Keahi in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keahi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Keahi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa, Keanu, Kai, Kaleo, Makai, Kainoa, Kayden, Makoa, Finnegan, Kenai, Keoni, Killian
Names related to Keahi
More Hawaiian names
Leilani, Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani, Nakoa, Alakai, Kaelani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Keahi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keahi, updated 20 October 2026.