Keenen — boys' name

What the Data Says About Keenen

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,181 babies named Keenen between 1976 and 2022, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keenen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 134 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keenen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 801 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Keenen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 56 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Keenen in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keenen 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 1,181 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.