Keenan
Keenan was the 1307th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 149 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 354th with 717 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 375 places. More babies were named Keenan in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,307 boys, down 319 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 149boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1997717 babies
- Total since 1880
- 18,515babies recorded
Keenan popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 339 since 1964.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,307 | 149 |
| 2020 | #988 | 216 |
| 2010 | #753 | 300 |
| 2000 | #532 | 411 |
| 1990 | #391 | 592 |
| 1980 | #646 | 181 |
| 1970 | #786 | 110 |
| 1960 | #751 | 106 |
| 1950 | #2,155 | 13 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Keenan, counting every spelling?
Keenan is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #750 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,307 for Keenan on its own. Together these spellings went to 333 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keenan | 149 | #1,307 | 889 |
| Kenan | 184 | #1,148 | 814 |
| Kennen | — | — | 29 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Keenan?
149 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Keenan (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Keenan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 56 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Keenan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Keenan?
About 17,300 people born in the US named Keenan are alive today, with a median age of 29; half are between 19 and 37. That makes Keenan mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Keenan by state
How common Keenan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (2.0×), North Carolina (1.6×), Minnesota (1.6×). In 22 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Keenan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Keenan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Keenan
How popular is the name Keenan?
Keenan was the 1307th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 149 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 354th with 717 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 375 places. More babies were named Keenan in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Keenan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Keenan in the US.
Where is Keenan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Keenan was most common in Mississippi (0.21 per 1,000 boys), followed by Louisiana and Kentucky.