Keyshawn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kee-SHAWN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Keyshawn is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Keyshawn mean?
Modern: prefix Key- + Shawn
A modern blend of the prefix Key- with Shawn, the anglicised form of the Irish Seán.
Is Keyshawn a girl's or a boy's name?
Keyshawn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keyshawn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Keyshawn, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 430 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Keyshawn in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were given Keyshawn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,707, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
Keyshawn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 50 | #2,647 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,837 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,224 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,065 |
| 2011 | 84 | #1,737 |
| 2010 | 97 | #1,612 |
| 2009 | 123 | #1,381 |
| 2008 | 145 | #1,211 |
| 2007 | 162 | #1,118 |
| 2006 | 195 | #954 |
| 2005 | 177 | #979 |
| 2004 | 242 | #757 |
| 2003 | 285 | #680 |
| 2002 | 275 | #673 |
| 2001 | 307 | #618 |
| 2000 | 430 | #520 |
| 1999 | 323 | #592 |
| 1998 | 192 | #794 |
| 1997 | 194 | #765 |
| 1996 | 187 | #778 |
| 1995 | 37 | #2,173 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
Nicknames for Keyshawn
- Key
Names like Keyshawn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Keegan, Brayden, Aiden, Kian, Declan, Kylan, Braylen, Ronan, Rayden, Finn, Kenan
Other spellings of Keyshawn
Names related to Keyshawn
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, “Keyshawn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keyshawn, updated 20 October 2026.