Keo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-oh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Keo is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Keo mean?
Possibly Khmer or Lao keo 'crystal, jewel'; also a modern short name
In Khmer and Lao, keo means glass, crystal or a precious stone, and it is a common Cambodian name element.
Is Keo a girl's or a boy's name?
Keo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Keo, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Keo than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Keo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Keo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Keo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Keo, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Keo in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
Names like Keo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa, Kai, Kairo, Kenzo, Yusuf, Loki, Ozzy, Neo, Theo, Makai, Kaito, Yunus
Names related to Keo
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, “Keo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keo, updated 20 October 2026.