Keng
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KENG
Keng is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Is Keng a girl's or a boy's name?
Keng is a boys' name.
How popular is Keng in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Keng in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keng in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 32 | #2,298 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Keng
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Keng: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keng, updated 20 October 2026.