Recorded 1997–2020 Unisex name Peak 2009 304 births

Keaghan — boys' name

304 babies named Keaghan in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s112000s1412010s1472020s5
2010s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Keaghan was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

27 babies were named Keaghan in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Keaghan

The Social Security Administration has registered 304 babies named Keaghan between 1997 and 2020, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keaghan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Keaghan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 95 additional births since 2000.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keaghan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 147 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Keaghan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Keaghan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keaghan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 304 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Keaghan at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

304

Since 1997

24 years of records

Peak year

2009

27 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1997

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2020

Keaghan popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1997

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2009)
27
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
051015202530 202020172014201120082005200219981997 5

Keaghan popularity over time — girls

95 total births recorded since 2000 (Keaghan as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 95 births
567891011 2017201220092007200520022000 7

Keaghan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
147 births that decade — 48% of Keaghan's all-time total
1990s112000s1412010s1472020s5

Keaghan by state

Where Keaghan concentrates geographically — total births since 1997

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Keaghan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 1.6%
Texas share of Keaghan's total US births 1.6%

5 of 304 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Keaghan?
304 babies have been named Keaghan since 1997. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2009 with 27 births.
When was Keaghan most popular?
Keaghan was most popular in the 2010s decade with 147 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Keaghan most popular?
The top states for the name Keaghan are Texas (5 births).
Is Keaghan a unisex name?
Yes, Keaghan is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 304 births, and as a girl's name it has 95 births.
How long has the name Keaghan been used?
Keaghan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 24 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Keaghan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Keaton, Keagan, Keanu, Keandre, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.