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How popular is the name Keane?
Births per year, rank history and how many Keanes are alive today.
Keane (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2005, when 175 babies were given the name, the 213th most popular that year. It has declined since 2005; the 2025 figure is roughly 2% of its peak. Keane is one spelling of a name also recorded as Kean and Kien; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
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 Keane each year?
Includes all spellings: Keane, Kean, Kien. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Keane spelling rank?
Where does the Kean 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 Keane most popular?
Keane peaked in 2005, when 202 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Keane?
At least 1,500 people named Keane in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Keane?
Most living Keanes are between 18 and 24; the most common age is about 20.
Is Keane becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2005 peak.