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How popular is the name Keshav?

Births per year, rank history and how many Keshavs are alive today.

Keshav (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1466th in 2025 and given to 18 babies. It was almost as popular in 2005, with 16 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Keshav you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 22: the name has two living generations. Half of all Keshavs born in England and Wales are between 8 and 23, and there are at least 330 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Keshav - on average, only one in every 919 such rooms contains a Keshav.

How many babies are named Keshav each year?

051015200020201996: 61997: 51998: 81999: 52000: 32001: 82002: 72003: 132004: 102005: 162006: 72007: 72008: 132009: 112010: 132011: 122012: 82013: 62014: 152015: 72016: 112017: 112018: 142019: 82020: 82021: 52022: 132023: 112024: 142025: 18actual

Where does Keshav rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,7651997: ranked 2,0221998: ranked 1,4851999: ranked 2,0972000: ranked 3,0362001: ranked 1,5952002: ranked 1,7992003: ranked 1,2482004: ranked 1,5962005: ranked 1,2462006: ranked 2,2822007: ranked 2,4352008: ranked 1,5962009: ranked 1,8592010: ranked 1,7242011: ranked 1,7882012: ranked 2,4582013: ranked 2,9542014: ranked 1,5602015: ranked 2,7072016: ranked 2,0272017: ranked 2,0522018: ranked 1,6832019: ranked 2,4882020: ranked 2,4042021: ranked 3,4512022: ranked 1,7822023: ranked 2,0082024: ranked 1,7582025: ranked 1,466

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Keshav most popular?

Keshav peaked in 2025, when 18 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Keshav?

At least 330 people named Keshav born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Keshav?

Most living Keshavs are between 8 and 23; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 22.

Is Keshav becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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