Keshawn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- keh-SHAWN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,990 for boys
Keshawn is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).
What does Keshawn mean?
Modern: Ke- prefix + Shawn
American coinage adding the Ke- prefix to Shawn, an anglicised spelling of Irish Sean (John).
More on Wiktionary.
Is Keshawn a girl's or a boy's name?
Keshawn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keshawn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,990th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 42,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Keshawn, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,977th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 380 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Keshawn in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were given Keshawn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,185, up from #2,990 for this spelling alone.
- Keshawn 41
- Kesean 10
Girls were 47% of the babies named Keshawn in the US in 1984, and 2% in 2007.
Keshawn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #2,990 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,393 |
| 2023 | 52 | #2,540 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,133 |
| 2020 | 72 | #1,977 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,149 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,324 |
| 2017 | 73 | #1,958 |
| 2016 | 79 | #1,875 |
| 2015 | 83 | #1,804 |
| 2014 | 79 | #1,857 |
| 2013 | 116 | #1,427 |
| 2012 | 126 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 131 | #1,305 |
| 2010 | 196 | #997 |
| 2009 | 238 | #883 |
| 2008 | 243 | #872 |
| 2007 | 259 | #831 |
| 2006 | 247 | #823 |
| 2005 | 275 | #736 |
| 2004 | 332 | #634 |
| 2003 | 350 | #603 |
| 2002 | 301 | #644 |
| 2001 | 368 | #565 |
| 2000 | 380 | #555 |
| 1999 | 319 | #595 |
| 1998 | 262 | #658 |
| 1997 | 248 | #661 |
| 1996 | 224 | #706 |
| 1995 | 114 | #1,040 |
| 1994 | 88 | #1,227 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,353 |
| 1992 | 55 | #1,593 |
| 1991 | 51 | #1,626 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,750 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
Nicknames for Keshawn
- Shawn 21 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Keshawn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Keegan, Kylan, Kian, Brayden, Aiden, Jayden, Declan, Kenan, Arjun, Kieran, Braylen
Other spellings of Keshawn
Names related to Keshawn
Keyshawn, Keshaun, Kashawn, Keshon, Kyshawn, Keishawn, Kishan
More Modern names
Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Keshawn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keshawn, updated 20 October 2026.