Keontae
Masculine
Keontae is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,205 boys against 27 girls since 1880.
Keontae joins the Ke- prefix of American naming to the -ontae ending, both of which belong to the same workshop and the same decades.
How old is the name Keontae?
Keontae first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Keontae alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 1,200 people named Keontae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Keontae most popular?
Keontae peaked in 2000, reaching #1448 nationally. Today it ranks #3848, 2,400 places below that high. See the whole 2000 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Keontae
Ours, offered as ours. What is interesting about the -ontae ending is that it is a spelling rather than a sound: Deonte, Deontae, Deonta and Deontay are the same name written four ways, and the ae is doing purely visual work. American naming has been unusually willing to let spelling carry the distinctiveness while the sound stays common, which is a strategy no European tradition uses much. Keontae is a clean example.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established. The construction is documented: a Ke- opening shared with Keshawn, Keandre and Kevon, and an -ontae ending related to Deontae and Montae, itself a respelling of the -onte of Lamonte.
Pronouncing Keontae
kee-ON-tay
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Keontae
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1987
- Most boys named
- 200085 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1448reached in 2000
- Change vs 2024
- +21.7%28 in 2025, from 23
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Keontae in other languages
Keontaes among us
people named Keontae are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 61,003 born in 2025 was named Keontae
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jermane test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Keontae's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jermane climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jermane's path sketches the road Keontae is walking now.
Keontae sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Keontae is headed
Keontae should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Keontae beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Keontae in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Keon is a complete short form in current use.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- It belongs to a documented American naming tradition rather than standing alone.
- Keontae, Keonte and Keonta are all in use and none is dominant.
- The ae ending will be spelled out for him constantly.
- There is no documented meaning, only a construction.
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Frequently asked
- How many Keontaes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Keontae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Keontae in 2025?
- Keontae ranks #3848 among US boy names in 2025, with 28 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Keontae?
- About 1 in every 61,003 US boys born in 2025 was named Keontae — 28 in all.
- Will my child share the name Keontae with classmates?
- Keontae will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Keontae
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