Boys' name · since 1977
Keanan
Keanan has 623 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,910 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 623
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
623 boys have been named Keanan since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Keanan has 623 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2024.
- #6,910 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 623 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keanan ranks #6,910 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 623 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,910 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 623
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keanan's 623 recorded births place it above 84.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keanan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keanan's full recorded timeline at 2004, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 48 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keanan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2024
- Peak year (1997)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Keanan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (243 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Keanan's strongest decade.
243 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Keanan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
243 births
- 2000s
2000s
199 births
- 2010s
2010s
120 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 243 births (39% of all-time use).
How Keanan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Keanan's total volume
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What to do with Keanan's data
- Keanan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (243 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keanan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1977–2024 (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 Keanan 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.