Keyan
Keyan was the 3557th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 2152nd with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 930 places. More babies were named Keyan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,557 boys, down 178 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 32boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200763 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,389babies recorded
Keyan popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 7 since 1976.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,557 | 32 |
| 2020 | #3,379 | 33 |
| 2010 | #2,532 | 49 |
| 2000 | #3,707 | 22 |
| 1990 | #3,536 | 17 |
| 1980 | #4,337 | 9 |
| 1970 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Keyan, counting every spelling?
Keyan is a spelling of Keyon, a name family that ranked #1,527 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,557 for Keyan on its own. Together these spellings went to 103 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keyon | 59 | #2,340 | 368 |
| Keyan | 32 | #3,557 | 167 |
| Keyaan | 7 | #10,224 | 54 |
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 Keyan?
32 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Keyan (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Keyan 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 261 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Keyan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Keyan?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Keyan are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 10 and 25. That makes Keyan 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.
Keyan by state
How common Keyan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 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 Keyan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Keyan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Keyan
How popular is the name Keyan?
Keyan was the 3557th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 2152nd with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 930 places. More babies were named Keyan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Keyan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Keyan in the US.
Where is Keyan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Keyan was most common in Virginia (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and California.