Keegan
- #3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births
- #621 for boys in 2025, 449 births
- Given to boys 91.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 1,707 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 38,519since 1965
Keegan 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,249 | 48 | #621 | 449 |
| 2024 | #2,930 | 56 | #593 | 484 |
| 2023 | #2,674 | 65 | #627 | 443 |
| 2022 | #2,956 | 56 | #566 | 523 |
| 2021 | #2,460 | 72 | #492 | 599 |
| 2020 | #2,468 | 70 | #496 | 592 |
| 2019 | #2,451 | 72 | #425 | 723 |
| 2018 | #2,145 | 88 | #353 | 940 |
| 2017 | #1,721 | 123 | #309 | 1,124 |
| 2016 | #1,815 | 114 | #283 | 1,295 |
| 2015 | #1,643 | 130 | #274 | 1,346 |
| 2014 | #1,746 | 119 | #238 | 1,560 |
| 2013 | #1,529 | 143 | #249 | 1,458 |
| 2012 | #1,791 | 114 | #245 | 1,472 |
| 2011 | #1,646 | 130 | #253 | 1,370 |
| 2010 | #1,621 | 133 | #246 | 1,430 |
| 2009 | #1,710 | 129 | #228 | 1,597 |
| 2008 | #1,468 | 160 | #223 | 1,683 |
| 2007 | #1,340 | 181 | #222 | 1,707 |
| 2006 | #1,682 | 125 | #227 | 1,594 |
| 2005 | #1,790 | 109 | #242 | 1,390 |
| 2004 | #1,643 | 118 | #257 | 1,293 |
| 2003 | #1,755 | 107 | #259 | 1,271 |
| 2002 | #1,606 | 115 | #253 | 1,284 |
| 2001 | #1,627 | 112 | #271 | 1,158 |
| 2000 | #1,504 | 122 | #285 | 1,080 |
| 1999 | #1,893 | 83 | #300 | 957 |
| 1998 | #1,899 | 80 | #305 | 928 |
| 1997 | #2,002 | 71 | #325 | 804 |
| 1996 | #1,840 | 79 | #329 | 799 |
| 1995 | #2,101 | 64 | #359 | 669 |
| 1994 | #2,209 | 60 | #385 | 606 |
| 1993 | #2,768 | 43 | #430 | 516 |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 | #453 | 485 |
| 1991 | #2,291 | 56 | #471 | 442 |
| 1990 | #2,850 | 40 | #497 | 385 |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 | #528 | 329 |
| 1988 | #2,700 | 39 | #647 | 214 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 | #668 | 188 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 34 | #702 | 165 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | #610 | 205 |
| 1984 | #2,149 | 46 | #696 | 157 |
| 1983 | #2,236 | 43 | #777 | 126 |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | #804 | 121 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #858 | 106 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #841 | 110 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | #976 | 82 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #1,060 | 67 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #1,289 | 48 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #1,320 | 45 |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,886 | 24 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1965
The first year at least five boys were named Keegan! It came in at #3,244, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1968, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Keegan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- West Virginia#227 · 1 in 770
- Massachusetts#259 · 1 in 1,175
- Connecticut#326 · 1 in 1,467
- Iowa#346 · 1 in 1,383
- Illinois#363 · 1 in 1,709
Best ever in a state: #61 in Vermont, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #227 | 8 | 1 in 770 |
| Massachusetts | #259 | 23 | 1 in 1,175 |
| Connecticut | #326 | 9 | 1 in 1,467 |
| Iowa | #346 | 10 | 1 in 1,383 |
| Illinois | #363 | 29 | 1 in 1,709 |
| Nebraska | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,470 |
| Pennsylvania | #387 | 27 | 1 in 1,936 |
| Michigan | #393 | 22 | 1 in 1,827 |
| Wisconsin | #393 | 13 | 1 in 1,802 |
| North Carolina | #407 | 27 | 1 in 1,906 |
| Minnesota | #446 | 12 | 1 in 2,042 |
| Ohio | #470 | 22 | 1 in 2,388 |
| Virginia | #473 | 16 | 1 in 2,328 |
| South Carolina | #501 | 9 | 1 in 2,355 |
| Tennessee | #520 | 14 | 1 in 2,626 |
| Oregon | #529 | 6 | 1 in 2,510 |
| Colorado | #535 | 10 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Maryland | #571 | 8 | 1 in 2,862 |
| Indiana | #579 | 11 | 1 in 2,878 |
| Missouri | #597 | 9 | 1 in 3,090 |
| New Jersey | #607 | 11 | 1 in 3,615 |
| Alabama | #622 | 7 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Oklahoma | #698 | 5 | 1 in 3,536 |
| New York | #716 | 20 | 1 in 4,221 |
| Florida | #729 | 21 | 1 in 4,549 |
| Louisiana | #775 | 5 | 1 in 3,826 |
| Georgia | #792 | 11 | 1 in 4,566 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Texas | #1,012 | 23 | 1 in 7,611 |
| California | #1,299 | 14 | 1 in 12,534 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Keegan
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 125 spots since 2020 (#496 → #621)
- Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1980
- Biggest drop: 92 spots in 1986
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 2007 at #222 (1,707 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1979–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,212
- Highest: 1 in 1,212 boys born in 2008 were named Keegan (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,804 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #222 in 2007, was only 1 in 1,216 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 36.5% of all boys named Keegan (14,057) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14 | #3,244 (1965) | #3,420 |
| 1970s | 328 | #976 (1979) | #2,224 |
| 1980s | 1,721 | #528 (1989) | #713 |
| 1990s | 6,591 | #300 (1999) | #385 |
| 2000s | 14,057 | #222 (2007) | #247 |
| 2010s | 12,718 | #238 (2014) | #288 |
| 2020s | 3,090 | #492 (2021) | #566 |
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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