Keshav
Boy · KAY-shav · Sanskrit
Keshav is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “one with beautiful hair”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 2,108th for boys in the US (69 babies).
What does Keshav mean?
Sanskrit: from Keshava, an epithet of Krishna and Vishnu
“one with beautiful hair”
Keshava is a name of Krishna and Vishnu, explained as 'having fine hair' or as the slayer of the demon Keshi.
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- KAY-shav
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Is Keshav a girl's or a boy's name?
Keshav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 69 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keshav in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Keshav, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd.
2025 had the most boys named Keshav of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Keshav in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Keshav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Keshav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,108among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 69about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 69 boys in the US were named Keshav, making it the 2,108th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,845th. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had the most boys named Keshav of any year since it first appeared, in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Keshav in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keshav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,108 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,476 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,187 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,384 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 55 | #2,365 |
| 2015 | 51 | #2,456 |
| 2014 | 56 | #2,315 |
| 2013 | 55 | #2,298 |
| 2012 | 55 | #2,325 |
| 2011 | 50 | #2,477 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,186 |
| 2009 | 50 | #2,527 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,372 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,639 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,382 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
Names like Keshav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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