Kekoa
Boy · keh-KOH-a · Hawaiian
Kekoa is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the warrior, the brave one”. In 2025 it ranked 2,284th for boys in the US (61 babies).
What does Kekoa mean?
Hawaiian: from ke 'the' + koa 'brave, warrior'
“the warrior, the brave one”
A Hawaiian name from ke 'the' and koa 'brave, warrior', a word also used for the native koa tree.
- Say it
- keh-KOH-a
Is Kekoa a girl's or a boy's name?
Kekoa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kekoa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,284among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 61 boys in the US were named Kekoa, making it the 2,284th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,322nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 75 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Kekoa in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kekoa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,284 |
| 2024 | 52 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,146 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,093 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,320 |
| 2020 | 58 | #2,322 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,187 |
| 2018 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2017 | 75 | #1,918 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,019 |
| 2014 | 56 | #2,315 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,224 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,269 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,128 |
| 2010 | 63 | #2,117 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,076 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 59 | #2,235 |
| 2006 | 49 | #2,476 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,149 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,082 |
| 2000 | 43 | #2,252 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 38 | #2,041 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Nicknames for Kekoa
- Koa 306 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kekoa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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