Fun Facts About the Name Keshaun
- More than 2 thousand babies named Keshaun: U.S. records list 2,431 babies given the name Keshaun from 1880 through 2025. Even 51 girls received the name Keshaun - about 1 girl for every 47 boys.
What Does the Name Keshaun Mean?
Keshaun is a modern American given name, usually treated as a variant of Keshawn. It is formed from the prefix Ke- plus Shaun, an anglicized spelling of the Irish name Seán. Irish Seán descends from Hebrew Yoḥanan (יוֹחָנָן), whose components mean "Yahweh is gracious." The prefix Ke- has no separate meaning of its own; it follows a pattern found in names such as Kevin, Keith, and Keshawn, where a short syllable is attached to a familiar name to build a new one. Read as a whole, the name's meaning is generally given as "God is gracious," inherited from the John - Seán - Shaun line rather than from the prefix.
Keshaun Name History & Origins
The name Keshaun belongs to a group of American names that came into use in the late twentieth century, built by joining a short prefix to an existing name. The Shaun element has a long documented ancestry. Irish Seán developed from Norman French Jehan, a form of Old French Jean, which comes from Latin Iohannes and, before that, Greek Iōannēs and Hebrew Yoḥanan. Shaun is an Irish-English respelling associated with Seán, while Shawn is a more phonetic English version; Keshaun reflects the Shaun spelling.
Formations beginning with Ke-, such as Keshawn, Keshaun, and Keon, grew common in the United States during the later 1900s, especially among African American families, alongside similar patterns using De-, La-, and Ra-. These are modern combinations rather than old inherited names, and a given spelling like Keshaun often varies freely with Keshawn, Keshon, or Keyshawn for the same person or family. The name is not tied to a single literary work or public figure; it spread as one of several spelling variants within this broader American naming style.
How Popular is the Name Keshaun?
Keshaun recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2001. Its best rank was #927 in 2000.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | #16,329 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #12,027 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #13,281 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #14,645 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #14,576 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #14,557 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #11,177 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #14,251 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #9,070 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,126 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2024 | #5,542 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #3,943 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #4,627 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #4,442 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #3,868 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2019 | #3,672 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2018 | #4,157 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2017 | #3,727 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2016 | #4,867 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #3,742 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2014 | #2,954 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 2013 | #2,790 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2012 | #2,371 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 2011 | #2,253 | 58 | 0.0031% |
| 2010 | #1,788 | 83 | 0.0043% |
| 2009 | #1,592 | 101 | 0.0051% |
| 2008 | #1,444 | 115 | 0.0056% |
| 2007 | #1,559 | 101 | 0.0049% |
| 2006 | #1,268 | 132 | 0.0064% |
| 2005 | #1,311 | 116 | 0.0058% |
| 2004 | #1,100 | 144 | 0.0073% |
| 2003 | #1,028 | 154 | 0.0078% |
| 2002 | #1,068 | 142 | 0.0073% |
| 2001 | #937 | 166 | 0.0085% |
| 2000 | #927 | 165 | 0.0084% |
| 1999 | #1,191 | 108 | 0.0056% |
| 1998 | #1,276 | 95 | 0.0050% |
| 1997 | #1,492 | 71 | 0.0038% |
| 1996 | #1,563 | 64 | 0.0034% |
| 1995 | #2,532 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1994 | #3,834 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1993 | #4,139 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #4,231 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #2,876 | 23 | 0.0011% |
| 1990 | #6,151 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #4,412 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #6,868 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #5,225 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #5,674 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #4,424 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #5,741 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #5,450 | 6 | 0.0004% |
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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