Keegan

Where Keegan comes from

Borrowed from Irish Mac Aodhagáin (“son of Aidan”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Keegan
  • From a surname
  • Kalenjin
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1965
    First appearance
    #3,244 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1971
    Keegan Connor Tracy born
    Canadian actress
  3. 1989
    Keegan Allen born
    American actor
  4. 2007
    Peak, #222
    1,707 babies named Keegan — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #425.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  • A male given name from Kalenjin.
Namesakes
  • Keegan Connor Tracy · Canadian actress, born 1971
  • Keegan Allen · American actor, born 1989
  • Keegan Palmer · American-Australian goofy-footed professional skateboarder, born 2003
  • Keegan Murray · American basketball player, born 2000
  • Keegan de Lancie · American actor, born 1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.