Unisex name · since 1987
Keigan
Keigan has 931 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,365 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,479 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 931
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
931 babies have been named Keigan since 1987, making it today's #8479 unisex name.
Keigan has 931 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8479 as of the latest data, more common than 39% 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 1987 to 2025.
- #5,365 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,479 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 931 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keigan ranks #5,365 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,479 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 931 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,365 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,479 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 931
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keigan's 931 recorded births place it above 88.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Michigan.
How Keigan compares
931 Top 33% higher than 67% 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
Keigan's all-time total is 152% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keigan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 931 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 67 | 34 | 22,252 |
Keigan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keigan's full recorded timeline at 2007, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 67 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keigan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 67
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Keigan popularity over time - girls
155 total births recorded since 1996 (Keigan as girls' name)
Keigan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (360 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Keigan's strongest decade.
360 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Keigan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 126
1990s
126 births
- 2000s
2000s
360 births
- 2010s
2010s
359 births
- 2020s 81
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 360 births (39% of all-time use).
How Keigan 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 Keigan's total volume
Keigan by state
Where Keigan concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 18 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 17 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 11 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 0.5% |
18 of 931 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Keigan's data
- Keigan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (360 total births); usage has since declined to 81 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Michigan records the most Keigans (18 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 Keigan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Keigan 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.