Keontay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kee-ON-tay
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Keontay is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Keontay come from?
Modern: modern coinage, Ke- + -ontay
Is Keontay a girl's or a boy's name?
Keontay 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 Keontay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Keontay, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Keontay in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60 boys in the US were given Keontay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,972, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Keontay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
Names like Keontay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Keegan, Finnegan, Brayden, Aiden, Kylan, Brody, Kian, Killian, Braylen, Declan, Kody
Other spellings of Keontay
Names related to Keontay
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Keontay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keontay, updated 20 October 2026.