Kekoa
Kekoa is a name with a single cultural origin: Hawaiian.
- Hawaiian
Meaning & Origin of Kekoa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kekoa 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 Kekoa
Kekoa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1972, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2017: 75 births, good for #1,918 nationwide. About 30% of every Kekoa on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kekoa ranks #2,444 for baby boys with 57 births, holding steady (-1%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kekoa
Kekoa is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Kekoa's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #1,918. Use the chart and map above to compare Kekoa'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.