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Keona

Gender
Girl
Say it
kee-OH-na
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#3,409 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,167 for girls

Keona is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).

Where does Keona come from?

Modern: modern name, perhaps from Hawaiian Keoni or a spelling of Kiona

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

Keona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 50 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Keona in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,409among girls
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 210% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Keona, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 girls.

Half of all the girls named Keona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were given Keona or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,226, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 15 in 20242025
Keona in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
202415#1,953
20239#2,841
20223#5,885
20214#4,864
20204#4,744
20191#7,346
20185#4,204
20173#5,998
20165#4,290
20150–
20147#3,321
20138#3,060
20124#5,058
20116#3,737
20107#3,308
20098#2,909
20087#3,203
200710#2,354
20066#3,280
200511#2,061
20046#2,957
20034#3,768
20026#2,691
20010–
20004#3,399
19990–
19981#5,152

How popular is Keona in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,167among girls
Babies in 2025
50about 1 in 32,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 35% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Keona, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 135 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Keona than any year since 2008.

Half of all the girls named Keona in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 73 girls in the US were given Keona or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,087, up from #3,167 for this spelling alone.

1973Busiest: 135 in 20042025
Keona in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202550#3,167
202422#5,612
202320#5,955
202214#7,626
202114#7,625
202025#5,001
201929#4,652
201814#7,758
201729#4,693
201634#4,249
201535#4,143
201439#3,846
201340#3,776
201243#3,643
201140#3,780
201032#4,493
200948#3,408
200867#2,718
200781#2,348
200696#2,050
200592#2,029
2004135#1,487
2003104#1,801
2002102#1,769
200193#1,868
2000105#1,671
199962#2,365
199878#1,937
199783#1,799
199681#1,804
1995116#1,407
1994102#1,517
1993100#1,552
1992128#1,309
1991114#1,403
199089#1,653
198982#1,663
198864#1,907
198777#1,608
198664#1,784
198574#1,603
198466#1,657
198361#1,751
198284#1,436
198168#1,674
198066#1,704
197956#1,874
197837#2,390
197730#2,715
197617#3,811
197529#2,612
197436#2,213
197318#3,480

Names like Keona

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

Other spellings of Keona

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