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Keshav

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,108 among boys
Births in 2025
69 1,427 since 1880
Typical age
13 years, median

Keshav popularity over time

Keshav rank by birth year, 1987–2025Keshav ranked #6,089 in 1987 and #2,108 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #2,108, in 2025.#10,000#2,1081990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1987–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Keshav was used most in 2025, when 69 babies were given the name. The name does not appear in the data until 1987. The 2025 position is #2,108, on 69 births.

Over ten years the count has risen 35%. It climbed 368 places against the previous year.

Babies named Keshav per yearPeaks at 69 births in 2025.69 in 202501990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Keshav?

An estimated 1,400 living Americans are called Keshav. SSA has recorded 1,427 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Keshav?

Median age among living Keshavs: 13. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Keshav a current name.

Your Keshav

Ages of living people named KeshavHalf of living Keshavs are older than 13 and half younger.median 13020
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Keshav is most common

Relative to births, New Jersey carries 4.0× the national share of Keshavs. California and Illinois follow.

Where Keshav is used more than average3 states use the name Keshav more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: 1.6× the national rateILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 4.0× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.8× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Keshav is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 47 4.0×
California 104 1.8×
Illinois 26 1.6×

Keshav in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Keshav ranked #1,466 in 2025 on 18 births. That is 2.3× higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Keshav comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit केशव.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Keshav

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Keshav Dutt Indian Field hockey player 1925–2021 19
Keshav Maharaj South African cricketer 1990 16
Keshav Prasad Maurya Indian politician 1969 10
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Keshav

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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