Keary
- Last seen for girls in 2004 at #12,761
- Last seen for boys in 1999 at #8,704
- Given to boys 84.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1974 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 580since 1949
Keary over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
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| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
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| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
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| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
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| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
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| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,568 | 17 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,177 | 21 | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #1,520 | 33 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #1,982 | 21 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #1,535 | 31 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #1,637 | 29 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #1,658 | 27 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #2,030 | 15 |
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,872 | 16 | |
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First appearance
1949
The first year at least five boys were named Keary! It came in at #1,872, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1959–1960, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Keary is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Keary in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Keary
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 1974 at #1,520 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 47,646
- Highest: 1 in 47,646 boys born in 1974 were named Keary (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,025 boys born in 1999 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 40.3% of all boys named Keary (234) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2004
- Mostly boys until 2003, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 16 | #1,872 (1949) | #1,872 |
| 1950s | 101 | #1,815 (1950) | #2,749 |
| 1960s | 91 | #1,914 (1969) | #2,641 |
| 1970s | 234 | #1,520 (1974) | #2,042 |
| 1980s | 78 | #3,482 (1982) | #4,691 |
| 1990s | 60 | #3,607 (1990) | #6,799 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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