Unisex name · since 1965
Keegan
Keegan has 38,519 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #587 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #621 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 38,519
- born since 1965
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keegan currently ranks #621 among unisex names in America, with 38,519 babies recorded since 1965.
Keegan has 38,519 recorded births among boys since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #621 as of the latest data, more common than 96% 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 1965 to 2025.
- #587 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #621 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 38,519 born since 1965
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keegan ranks #587 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #621 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 38,519 born since 1965, peaking in the 2000s.
- #587 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #621 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 38,519
- born since 1965
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keegan's 38,519 recorded births place it above 98.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Michigan.
How Keegan compares
38,519 Top 5% higher than 95% 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
Keegan's all-time total is 104x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keegan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38,519 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,707 | 34 | 22,252 |
Keegan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keegan's full recorded timeline at 1997, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 1,707 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keegan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 1,707
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Keegan popularity over time - girls
3,805 total births recorded since 1976 (Keegan as girls' name)
Keegan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (14,057 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Keegan's strongest decade.
14,057 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Keegan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 14
1960s
14 births
- 1970s 328
1970s
328 births
- 1980s 1,721
1980s
1,721 births
- 1990s
1990s
6,591 births
- 2000s
2000s
14,057 births
- 2010s
2010s
12,718 births
- 2020s 3,090
2020s
3,090 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 14,057 births (36% of all-time use).
How Keegan 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 Keegan's total volume
Keegan by state
Where Keegan concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 2,402 | 6.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,068 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 2,067 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,967 | 5.1% |
| #5 | California | | 1,957 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 1,695 | 4.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 1,547 | 4.0% |
| #8 | New York | | 1,492 | 3.9% |
2,402 of 38,519 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Keegan appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Keegan's data
- Keegan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (14,057 total births); usage has since declined to 3,090 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Michigan records the most Keegans (2,402 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan names
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 Keegan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1965–2025 (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 Keegan 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.