NameTides

Keenan

Keenan was the #1,305 boys' name in the US in 2025 (149 babies), and #2,014 in England & Wales and #1,500 in Canada.

Keenan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Keenan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Keenan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,305 (149)#2,014 (12)——#829 (3)#1,500 (15)
2024#1,211 (167)#2,922 (7)#619 (4)——#871 (29)
2023#1,124 (188)#1,907 (12)——#770 (3)#1,079 (21)
2022#1,146 (181)#1,782 (13)——#779 (3)#1,142 (19)
2021#1,050 (204)#2,125 (10)#605 (4)—#631 (4)#974 (24)
2020#986 (216)#2,682 (7)———#674 (38)
2019#944 (228)#1,986 (11)——#646 (4)#770 (31)
2018#922 (231)#1,786 (13)#595 (4)——#642 (40)
2017#910 (234)#2,052 (11)———#531 (52)
2016#829 (274)#2,027 (11)———#622 (43)
2015#932 (227)#1,442 (17)———#525 (53)
2014#817 (278)#1,327 (19)——#715 (3)#495 (58)
2013#955 (209)#1,706 (13)#687 (3)——#403 (72)
2012#884 (237)#1,270 (20)#500 (5)#403 (3)#401 (9)#324 (95)
2011#825 (263)#1,045 (25)#459 (6)#375 (3)#730 (3)#338 (89)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1997 at #354.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1942.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Keenan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Keenan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,415TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Keenan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#71916

Keenan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KeenanCanadaBoys#1,50015
KeenanEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
KeenanIrelandBoys#8293
KeenanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KeenanScotlandBoys—too few
KeenanUSGirls—too few
KeenanUSBoys#1,305149