Keahi
Keahi is a name with a single cultural origin: Hawaiian.
- Hawaiian
Meaning & Origin of Keahi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Keahi is a name with a single cultural origin: Hawaiian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hawaiian
The Story of Keahi
As a girl name
American parents first put Keahi on the record books as a girl name in 1997, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1997, when 8 Keahis were born — ranking #9,802 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 40% of all recorded Keahis. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 30 Keahis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Keahi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1981, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 17 births, good for #5,315 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 39% of all recorded Keahis. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #5,712 among boy names with 16 births, rising sharply (+32% over the past five years). In total, more than 347 Keahis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Where is Keahi most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- United States89%
- New Zealand5%
- France3%
- PE2%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Keahi
Keahi is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 347 births in the dataset. Keahi's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #5,294. Use the chart and map above to compare Keahi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.