Boys' name · since 1998
Keyen
74 babies named Keyen in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 74
- total births
- 1998–2016
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Keyen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 74 have been recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keyen has been recorded 74 times among boys since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2016.
- 74 total births
- 1998–2016 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keyen's 74 recorded births place it above 57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keyen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keyen's full recorded timeline at 2009, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keyen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2016
- Peak year (2008)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Keyen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Keyen's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Keyen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 37 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Keyen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2010s (32) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1998–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keyen: Baby Name Since 1998 - 74 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keyen. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Keyen 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 July 2026.