Keighan
Keighan was last recorded in 2019, when 8 babies were given it; 189 Americans have been recorded with it between 2006 and 2019 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Keighan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Keighan?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,324, in 2019; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
20 babies in 2017, the peak
Keighan peaked in 2017, when 20 babies were given it (13 boys, #6,497 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | under 5 | 8 | #9,324 | |
| 2018 | 7 | #13,138 | 7 | #10,218 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,397 | 13 | #6,497 |
| 2016 | under 5 | 16 | #5,673 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 14 | #6,151 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 18 | #5,162 | |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,582 | 13 | #6,447 |
| 2012 | under 5 | 9 | #8,523 | |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,199 | 6 | #11,589 |
| 2010 | under 5 | 11 | #7,335 |
Every recorded year (14)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 9 | #11,955 | 9 | #8,679 |
| 2008 | under 5 | 12 | #6,981 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 12 | #6,869 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 7 | #10,143 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Keighan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 189 Americans recorded as Keighan, 18% are girls and 82% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Keighan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Keighan, and how old are they?
An estimated 187 Americans named Keighan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 10 and 17. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names spelled alike
Keighan is a less common spelling of Keigan: SSA has recorded 189 Keighan and 1,086 Keigan since 1880.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.