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Keiko

Recorded 1922–2025 · United States

Keiko was most popular in 1995, when 31 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,745 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,082, with 24 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,184 people named Keiko.

Most popular in1995
Rank that year#5,745
Births that year31
Total since 18801,184
Given to99% girls
Alive today~1,000
Median age29
OriginJapanese

Keiko over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Keiko’s peak in 1995. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Keiko?

Keiko first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1922, which makes it about 103 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 88 of the 104 years since.

How many people are named Keiko?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,184 American births named Keiko between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,043 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Keiko in 2025?

24 American babies were named Keiko in 2025, ranking #9,082 that year.

Is Keiko getting more or less popular?

Keiko is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 26 births a year, against 16 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +61% over the decade.

Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.

Is Keiko a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Keiko is a girl’s name — 98.8% of the 1,184 Americans given it were girls and 1.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 94% girls and 6% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Keiko?

Roughly 1,043 Americans named Keiko are alive today — 88% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 29 years old, and half are between 13 and 44. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Keiko is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org