Keiji
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-jee
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Keiji is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Keiji mean?
Japanese: Japanese given name, written with various kanji
Japanese name whose meaning depends on the kanji used; Keiji Nakazawa, creator of the manga Barefoot Gen, is a famous bearer.
Is Keiji a girl's or a boy's name?
Keiji is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keiji in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Keiji, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923.
Half of all the boys named Keiji in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keiji in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
Names like Keiji
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo Jiraiya
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, “Keiji: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keiji, updated 20 October 2026.