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How popular is the name Kean?
Births per year, rank history and how many Keans are alive today.
Kean (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Keane in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2002, when 22 babies were given the name, the 824th most popular that year. It has declined since 2002; the 2025 figure is roughly 18% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Keane you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Keanes born in England and Wales are between 18 and 24, and there are at least 1,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Keane - on average, only one in every 202 such rooms contains a Keane.
How many babies are named Kean each year?
Includes all spellings: Kean, Keane, Kien. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Kean spelling rank?
Where does the Keane spelling rank?
Where does the Kien spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kean most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Keane, peaked in 2005, when 202 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Kean spelling itself peaked in 2002, with 22 babies.
How many people are called Kean?
At least 1,500 people named Kean in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kean?
Most living Keans are between 18 and 24; the most common age is about 20.
Is Kean becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2005 peak.