Keno
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEE-noh
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Keno is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
Is Keno a girl's or a boy's name?
Keno is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keno in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Keno, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the boys named Keno in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keno in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
Names like Keno
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Keegan Kian Dakota Kody Kenzo Yitzchok Mikko Brody Kenan Kayden Keaton
Names related to Keno
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, “Keno: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keno, updated 20 October 2026.