Given name & surname

Keng

Keng is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Keng isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Keng through the years

Babies since 1880
504
504 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1992
32 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−64%
Cooling
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Keng in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1979–2025, 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 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 989 as a first name in 2020; 409 as a surname in 2020.

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

Keng’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Keng as a surname has a related form in King.

Walk Keng’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Keng, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Kegan

“small and fiery woman” · “a small and fiery man”

20RareCooling

98% boys · 2% girls

Vietnamese · Modern

Trong

“one who is respected”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Kihry

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Kujuan

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Tevante

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Deuntae

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Terriell

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Marqueis

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Keng’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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