Unisex name · since 1992
Keeghan
Since 1992, U.S. Social Security records show 360 babies named Keeghan, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 360
- total births
- 1992–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
Keeghan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 360 have been recorded since 1992.
Social Security Administration records show Keeghan recorded 360 times among boys since 1992, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- 360 total births
- 1992–2025 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 51% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keeghan's 360 recorded births place it above 79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keeghan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keeghan's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 30, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keeghan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Keeghan popularity over time - girls
84 total births recorded since 1997 (Keeghan as girls' name)
Keeghan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Keeghan's strongest decade.
183 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Keeghan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 51
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
183 births
- 2010s
2010s
120 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 183 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Keeghan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (183 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1992–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keeghan: Baby Name Since 1992 - 360 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keeghan. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Keeghan 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 July 2026.