Boys' name · since 1979
Keanen
Keanen has 134 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,515 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 134
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keanen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 134 recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keanen has been recorded 134 times among boys since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2015.
- #15,515 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 134 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keanen ranks #15,515 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 134 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,515 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 134
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keanen's 134 recorded births place it above 65.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keanen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keanen's full recorded timeline at 2002, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keanen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2015
- Peak year (2000)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Keanen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (56 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Keanen's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Keanen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 56 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Keanen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2010s (22) -- 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 Keanen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
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, 1979–2015 (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 Keanen 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.