Keynan — boys' name
355 babies named Keynan in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Keynan was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Keynan in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keynan
The Social Security Administration has registered 355 babies named Keynan between 1972 and 2023, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keynan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keynan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Keynan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keynan 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 355 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.
Keynan at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keynan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1972
- Peak year (1997)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
355 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 20 births in a single year.
Keynan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 122 births that decade — 34% of Keynan's all-time total
Keynan decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 117 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Keynan's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.