Given name · also Hawaiian

Keaka

“the”·“shadow, reflection”

Keaka is a masculine given name from Hawaiian. It is used in Hawaiian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Keaka is built from elements meaning “the” and “shadow, reflection”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Keaka comes from Hawaiian, and ultimately from English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Keaka through the years

Babies since 1880
51
51 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2006
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0123420002025Highest share 20080.0
Keaka in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2000–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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