Keon
- Pronunciation
- [Keon]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Form Of Ewan From John.
- Origin
- Irish
About the Name Keon
Keon is an Irish name regarded as a form of Ewan, itself ultimately connected to John, from the Hebrew name meaning "God is gracious." Through that lineage the short, modern-sounding Keon carries a surprisingly ancient pedigree, condensing a long and venerable naming tradition into a single crisp syllable with a strong, open vowel that gives it real presence.
The name sits among a group of similar-sounding forms that share its brisk, contemporary energy, and recorded variants include Keyon, Kian, and Kyan, which nod to different spelling traditions while keeping the same streamlined feel. This cluster of related names reflects a broader fashion for compact, vowel-rich boys' names that sound fresh yet trace back to deep roots.
As a boys' name, Keon first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and reached its peak in 2002 at rank #625, with roughly 3,200 boys given the name across its top-1000 years. It last appeared there in 2011 at #977, marking Keon as a sleek, modern choice that pairs a fashionable sound with a notably deep heritage. Compact yet strong, it offers parents a name that feels current and distinctive while quietly carrying one of the oldest naming traditions behind it, a rare pairing of modern style and deep roots that gives the name a quiet, lasting strength.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Keon
US Popularity History (2000–2011)
Annual US births named Keon by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2003 with 323 boys named Keon (boy rank #637 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2011, ranked #977 for boys (202 US births). That's 340 places below its 2003 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Keon Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Keon the strongest states are Maryland, Alabama, Georgia.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland | #642 | 39 |
| 2 | Alabama | #767 | 22 |
| 3 | Georgia | #856 | 42 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | #900 | 33 |
| 5 | North Carolina | #920 | 33 |
| 6 | Missouri | #929 | 15 |
| 7 | Florida | #952 | 71 |
| 8 | Ohio | #956 | 26 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio | #956 | 26 |
| 2 | Florida | #952 | 71 |
| 3 | Missouri | #929 | 15 |
| 4 | North Carolina | #920 | 33 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #900 | 33 |
| 6 | Georgia | #856 | 42 |
| 7 | Alabama | #767 | 22 |
| 8 | Maryland | #642 | 39 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Keon in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Keon to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Keon against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).