Boys' name · since 1942
Keenan
Keenan has 18,176 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #871 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,307 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,176
- born since 1942
- 1990s
- peak decade
18,176 babies have been named Keenan since 1942, making it today's #1307 boys' name.
Keenan has 18,176 recorded births among boys since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1307 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of boys, 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 1942 to 2025.
- #871 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,307 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 18,176 born since 1942
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keenan ranks #871 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,307 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 18,176 born since 1942, peaking in the 1990s.
- #871 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,307 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,176
- born since 1942
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keenan's 18,176 recorded births place it above 98.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Keenan compares
18,176 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Keenan's all-time total is 49x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keenan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18,176 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 717 | 34 | 22,252 |
Keenan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keenan's full recorded timeline at 1985, 82% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 18% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1942, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 717 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keenan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 717
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Keenan popularity over time - girls
339 total births recorded since 1964 (Keenan as girls' name)
Keenan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (5,987 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Keenan's strongest decade.
5,987 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Keenan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 70
1940s
70 births
- 1950s 292
1950s
292 births
- 1960s 866
1960s
866 births
- 1970s 1,173
1970s
1,173 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,519 births
- 1990s
1990s
5,987 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,683 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,481 births
- 2020s 1,105
2020s
1,105 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5,987 births (33% of all-time use).
How Keenan 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 Keenan's total volume
Keenan by state
Where Keenan concentrates geographically, total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,559 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,194 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 930 | 5.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 817 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 654 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 621 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 613 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 519 | 2.9% |
1,559 of 18,176 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Keenan appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Keenan's data
- Keenan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (5,987 total births); usage has since declined to 1,105 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Keenans (1,559 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Keenan: 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 (~83 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, 1942–2025 (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 Keenan 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.