Keani
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- kay-AH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Keani is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
Where does Keani come from?
Modern: Hawaiian-sounding coinage, perhaps modelled on Keanu
Is Keani a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Keani has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US.
How popular is Keani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Keani, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Keani in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Keani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani Kailani Kalani Kehlani Nalani Alani Malani Meilani Ilani Naylani Kylani Nailani
Names related to Keani
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Keani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keani, updated 20 October 2026.