Keone
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- keh-OH-neh
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Keone is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the sand”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Keone mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian ke one
“the sand”
Is Keone a girl's or a boy's name?
Keone is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keone in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Keone, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Keone than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Keone in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keone in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
Names like Keone
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Brayden Kayden Kody Kenan Finnegan Brody Ridge Kian Brennan Declan Keenan
Names related to Keone
More Hawaiian names
Kai Leilani Koa Kailani Kalani Nalani Makai Keanu Koah Meilani Kailany Leilany Laylani Kaleo Lani Luana
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, “Keone: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keone, updated 20 October 2026.