Keno — #10012 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Keno

The Social Security Administration has registered 605 babies named Keno between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keno currently holds the #10012 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keno performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Keno shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Keno in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keno in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 605 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.