Keawe
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- keh-AH-veh
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Keawe is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Keawe mean?
Hawaiian: traditional Hawaiian chiefly name
Borne by Keawe, a ruling chief of Hawaii Island and an ancestor of King Kamehameha I.
Is Keawe a girl's or a boy's name?
Keawe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keawe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Keawe, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Keawe in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keawe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Keawe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keanu Koa Kaleo Kainoa Kai Makoa Kayden Finnegan Kyaire Makai Kekoa Kane
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, “Keawe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keawe, updated 20 October 2026.