Fun Facts About the Name Keone
- 610 babies named Keone: U.S. records list 610 babies given the name Keone from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Keone Mean?
Keone is a Hawaiian name formed from the definite article ke ("the") and one ("sand, beach, shore"). Its literal sense is therefore "the sand." In Hawaiian, one also appears in the phrase one hānau, "birth sands," meaning a person's birthplace, and on that basis Keone is often given the customary meaning "the homeland." The two should be kept apart: the word itself denotes sand or beach, while "homeland" is a figurative reading built on the idea of one's home shore. Keone is not a shortened or altered form of an older European name; it stands on its own as a Hawaiian word name.
Keone Name History & Origins
Hawaiian personal names are usually ordinary words or short phrases from the Hawaiian language, and Keone belongs to that tradition. Names of this type were given in the islands long before writing arrived, and they continued to be used after Hawaiian became a written language in the nineteenth century, when the name took its present spelling, Keone. The same two elements occur throughout Hawaiian place names, where ke and one are common building blocks.
Keone is used as a given name in Hawaii and by Hawaiians living elsewhere, and it also appears occasionally as a surname. Its resemblance to names from unrelated languages is coincidental and does not indicate a shared origin.
How Popular is the Name Keone?
Keone has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1986. Its best rank was #2,538 in 1983.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,221 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #9,423 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #8,004 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #7,515 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #6,516 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #13,143 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #7,947 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #5,921 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #7,885 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #9,301 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #6,894 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #7,315 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #10,230 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #8,535 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #11,614 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #11,529 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #10,481 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #8,684 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #7,368 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #5,677 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #8,731 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #6,349 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #5,421 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #6,328 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #5,292 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #6,140 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #9,348 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #5,042 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #3,973 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #5,371 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #5,725 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #4,973 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #4,138 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #5,459 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #4,632 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #4,852 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #4,411 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #3,619 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #3,636 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1986 | #2,565 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1985 | #3,155 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1984 | #3,819 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #2,538 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1982 | #3,598 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #2,540 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1980 | #4,333 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #3,461 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #4,883 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #3,381 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1975 | #3,800 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1973 | #3,332 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1972 | #3,072 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1971 | #5,302 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #4,504 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #4,179 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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