Keene — boys' name

What the Data Says About Keene

The Social Security Administration has registered 460 babies named Keene between 1918 and 2022, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keene currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keene performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Keene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keene in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 460 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.