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Keon

Gender
Boy
Say it
KEE-on
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#820 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,571 for boys

Keon is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 820th for boys in the UK (44 babies) and 1,571st for boys in the US (108 babies).

Where does Keon come from?

Modern: modern name; also an Irish surname related to McKeon

Is Keon a girl's or a boy's name?

Keon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the UK and 108 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Keon in the UK?

Rank in 2025
820th among boys
Babies in 2025
44 about 1 in 6,800 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 135% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 44 boys in the UK were named Keon, making it the 820th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 48 boys.

Half of all the boys named Keon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 564 boys in the UK were given Keon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #115, up from #820 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 763rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 48 in 20242025
Keon in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202544#820
202448#783
202328#1,131
202225#1,181
202123#1,265
202018#1,462
201916#1,608
201817#1,555
201729#1,092
201632#1,010
201527#1,112
201425#1,162
201317#1,493
201232#1,003
201122#1,252
201025#1,149
200925#1,115
200833#905
200724#1,102
200622#1,096
200537#757
200410#1,688
200324#900
200210#1,490
200113#1,209
200011#1,308
199912#1,188
19983#3,021
19976#1,853
19964#2,442

How popular is Keon in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,571st among boys
Babies in 2025
108 about 1 in 16,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 108 boys in the US were named Keon, making it the 1,571st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,313th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 323 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.

2025 had fewer boys named Keon than any year since 1981.

Half of all the boys named Keon in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,212 boys in the US were given Keon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #292, up from #1,571 for this spelling alone.

1970Busiest: 323 in 20032025
Keon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025108#1,571
2024181#1,155
2023154#1,253
2022181#1,146
2021152#1,253
2020137#1,313
2019134#1,340
2018127#1,385
2017154#1,202
2016146#1,254
2015135#1,307
2014169#1,130
2013187#1,031
2012192#1,017
2011202#974
2010215#936
2009239#881
2008289#769
2007254#839
2006269#773
2005271#744
2004270#710
2003323#634
2002316#622
2001283#655
2000282#643
1999252#669
1998270#648
1997210#731
1996220#714
1995218#721
1994230#684
1993199#736
1992182#772
1991178#763
1990154#818
1989154#798
1988131#826
1987133#806
1986114#848
1985128#784
1984138#741
1983118#805
1982126#782
1981107#851
1980104#871
197993#906
197877#983
197766#1,064
197658#1,111
197533#1,558
197428#1,692
197313#2,714
197212#2,817
19710–
19707#3,834

Names like Keon

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Keon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keon, updated 20 October 2026.