Keenan
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- #1,305 for boys in 2025, 149 births
- Given to boys 98.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 717 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,176since 1942
Keenan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Keenan has never cracked the top 300 here.
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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 | — | #1,305 | 149 | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #1,211 | 167 |
| 2023 | — | #1,124 | 188 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,146 | 181 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,050 | 204 | |
| 2020 | — | #986 | 216 | |
| 2019 | — | #944 | 228 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #922 | 231 |
| 2017 | — | #910 | 234 | |
| 2016 | — | #829 | 274 | |
| 2015 | — | #932 | 227 | |
| 2014 | — | #817 | 278 | |
| 2013 | — | #955 | 209 | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #884 | 237 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #825 | 263 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #753 | 300 |
| 2009 | — | #745 | 310 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #727 | 318 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #658 | 364 |
| 2006 | — | #607 | 394 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #592 | 381 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #584 | 382 |
| 2003 | — | #577 | 382 | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #587 | 364 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #556 | 377 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #531 | 411 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #492 | 446 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #457 | 492 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #354 | 717 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #397 | 595 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #380 | 623 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #393 | 590 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #379 | 613 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | #362 | 652 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | #359 | 667 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #391 | 592 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #481 | 395 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #501 | 333 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #531 | 289 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #539 | 274 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #529 | 272 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #581 | 212 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #562 | 225 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #668 | 171 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #663 | 167 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #644 | 181 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #715 | 146 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #737 | 131 |
| 1977 | — | #796 | 115 | |
| 1976 | — | #737 | 128 | |
| 1975 | — | #741 | 126 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #761 | 113 |
| 1973 | — | #786 | 102 | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #783 | 104 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #816 | 98 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #782 | 110 |
| 1969 | — | #836 | 84 | |
| 1968 | — | #884 | 66 | |
| 1967 | — | #814 | 79 | |
| 1966 | — | #757 | 93 | |
| 1965 | — | #881 | 69 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #784 | 92 |
| 1963 | — | #713 | 120 | |
| 1962 | — | #772 | 97 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,001 | 60 | |
| 1960 | — | #748 | 106 | |
| 1959 | — | #926 | 68 | |
| 1958 | — | #936 | 66 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,151 | 45 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,370 | 31 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,826 | 18 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,900 | 17 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,225 | 12 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
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| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1942
The first year at least five boys were named Keenan! It came in at #2,940, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1943–1944, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Keenan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- West Virginia#330 · 1 in 1,232
- Colorado#756 · 1 in 4,475
- Virginia#875 · 1 in 5,322
- North Carolina#936 · 1 in 6,434
- Washington#999 · 1 in 6,560
Best ever in a state: #92 in Wyoming, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #330 | 5 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| Virginia | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,322 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,094 | 6 | 1 in 8,710 |
| Georgia | #1,216 | 6 | 1 in 8,370 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| Texas | #1,415 | 13 | 1 in 13,465 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
| California | #1,829 | 8 | 1 in 21,934 |
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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 Keenan
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 319 spots since 2020 (#986 → #1,305)
- Biggest jump: 229 spots in 1962
- Biggest drop: 253 spots in 1961
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1997 at #354 (717 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 62 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1962–2020
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,629
- Highest: 1 in 2,629 boys born in 1997 were named Keenan (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,464 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 32.9% of all boys named Keenan (5,987) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 70 | #1,786 (1947) | #2,278 |
| 1950s | 292 | #926 (1959) | #1,736 |
| 1960s | 866 | #713 (1963) | #819 |
| 1970s | 1,173 | #715 (1979) | #765 |
| 1980s | 2,519 | #481 (1989) | #570 |
| 1990s | 5,987 | #354 (1997) | #396 |
| 2000s | 3,683 | #531 (2000) | #616 |
| 2010s | 2,481 | #753 (2010) | #877 |
| 2020s | 1,105 | #986 (2020) | #1,137 |
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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