Boys' name · since 1987
Keean
434 babies named Keean in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,585 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,896 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 434
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Keean is the #7896 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 434 recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keean has been recorded 434 times among boys since 1987, currently ranked #7896 nationally and more common than 43% of boys, 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 1987 to 2025.
- #8,585 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,896 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 434 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keean ranks #8,585 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,896 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 434 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,585 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,896 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 434
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keean's 434 recorded births place it above 81.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Keean compares
434 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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
Keean's all-time total is 18% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keean | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 434 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Keean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keean's full recorded timeline at 2007, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Keean by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (153 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Keean's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Keean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
79 births
- 2000s
2000s
153 births
- 2010s
2010s
132 births
- 2020s 60
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 153 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Keean's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (153 total births) through the 2020s (60) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Keean 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.