Kehinde
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- keh-HIN-day
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Kehinde is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “the one who came after”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Kehinde mean?
Yoruba: name for the second-born twin
“the one who came after”
In Yoruba tradition the second twin, Kehinde, is regarded as the elder, having sent Taiwo ahead to taste the world.
Is Kehinde a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kehinde has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 6 boys in the UK.
How popular is Kehinde in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 114% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Kehinde, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 9 boys. 5 girls were also named Kehinde in 2025 (4,276th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kehinde in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 45% of the babies named Kehinde in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Kehinde in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Kehinde in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 8 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Kehinde in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kehinde in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Names like Kehinde
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayomide, Boluwatife, Oluwademilade, Kwame, Ademide, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Oluwatobi, Kenechukwu, Ifeoluwa, Kobe, Oluwatobiloba
Names related to Kehinde
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Ireoluwa, Inioluwa, Araoluwa, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Obaloluwa, Oreoluwa, Sade, Anjolaoluwa, Tifeoluwa, Olamide
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kehinde: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kehinde, updated 20 October 2026.