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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Keenan has never cracked the top 300 here.
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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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 2004
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#169 · 1 in 627
- Montana#185 · 1 in 673
- Kansas#320 · 1 in 1,657
- Arkansas#341 · 1 in 1,880
- Indiana#341 · 1 in 2,279
Best ever in a state: #92 in Wyoming, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #169 | 8 | 1 in 627 |
| Montana | #185 | 6 | 1 in 673 |
| Kansas | #320 | 10 | 1 in 1,657 |
| Arkansas | #341 | 8 | 1 in 1,880 |
| Indiana | #341 | 17 | 1 in 2,279 |
| Iowa | #354 | 7 | 1 in 2,312 |
| Washington | #375 | 15 | 1 in 2,300 |
| Mississippi | #398 | 7 | 1 in 2,134 |
| Wisconsin | #398 | 10 | 1 in 2,942 |
| Massachusetts | #407 | 9 | 1 in 3,780 |
| Colorado | #426 | 11 | 1 in 2,693 |
| Utah | #431 | 8 | 1 in 2,750 |
| Oregon | #442 | 7 | 1 in 2,763 |
| Tennessee | #468 | 11 | 1 in 3,265 |
| Minnesota | #477 | 8 | 1 in 3,741 |
| North Carolina | #478 | 15 | 1 in 3,397 |
| Oklahoma | #512 | 6 | 1 in 3,446 |
| South Carolina | #524 | 6 | 1 in 3,492 |
| Arizona | #534 | 9 | 1 in 4,596 |
| Michigan | #554 | 12 | 1 in 4,677 |
| Kentucky | #604 | 5 | 1 in 4,389 |
| Alabama | #616 | 5 | 1 in 4,706 |
| Ohio | #618 | 11 | 1 in 6,060 |
| Louisiana | #648 | 6 | 1 in 4,247 |
| New Jersey | #667 | 8 | 1 in 5,935 |
| Georgia | #678 | 11 | 1 in 5,302 |
| California | #699 | 32 | 1 in 7,879 |
| Missouri | #699 | 5 | 1 in 6,786 |
| Virginia | #704 | 7 | 1 in 6,095 |
| Illinois | #730 | 12 | 1 in 6,528 |
| Pennsylvania | #801 | 7 | 1 in 9,061 |
| Texas | #815 | 20 | 1 in 8,957 |
| Florida | #822 | 12 | 1 in 7,968 |
| New York | #853 | 13 | 1 in 8,442 |
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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
- 94 spots since 2024 (#1,211 → #1,305)
- 319 spots since 2020 (#986 → #1,305)
- 373 spots since 2015 (#932 → #1,305)
- Biggest jump: 229 spots in 1962 (#1,001 → #772)
- Biggest drop: 253 spots in 1961 (#748 → #1,001)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1997 at #354 (717 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1962–2020
- 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%)
- 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.
Keenan in 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 204,028 of them was named Keenan, which outranked 43.2% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,892Zohar10
- #9,892Zuly10
- #9,892Zyriah10
- #10,690Keenan9
- #10,690Aaleah9
- #10,690Aaleeyah9
- #10,690Aalexis9
- #11,624Aadya8
- #11,624Aalaya8
- #11,624Aaliayah8
Tied with 933 names at #10,690; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 5,196 of them was named Keenan, which outranked 95.6% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.