Boys' name · since 1989
Kealan
Kealan has 346 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,813 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,189 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 346
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
346 babies have been named Kealan since 1989, making it today's #9189 boys' name.
Kealan has 346 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9189 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #9,813 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,189 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 346 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kealan ranks #9,813 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,189 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 346 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,813 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,189 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 346
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kealan's 346 recorded births place it above 78.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kealan compares
346 48th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kealan's all-time total is 6% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kealan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 346 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kealan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kealan's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kealan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Kealan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (122 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Kealan's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Kealan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
122 births
- 2010s
2010s
117 births
- 2020s 43
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 122 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Kealan's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (122 total births) through the 2020s (43) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kealan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kealan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.