Keante
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kee-AHN-tay
- Origin
- Modern
Keante is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Keante come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps modelled on Dante
Is Keante a girl's or a boy's name?
Keante is a boys' name.
How popular is Keante in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Keante in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keante in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Keante
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Keegan, Brayden, Kody, Finnegan, Kenan, Aiden, Ridge, Kyden, Brennan, Brody, Keenan
Names related to Keante
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, 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, “Keante: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keante, updated 20 October 2026.