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How popular is the name Keenan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Keenans are alive today.
Keenan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2014th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1998, when 176 babies were given the name, the 188th most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 7% of its peak. Keenan is one spelling of a name also recorded as Keanan, Kenan and Kienan; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Keenan you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old. Half of all Keenans born in England and Wales are between 18 and 29, and there are at least 2,800 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 Keenan - on average, only one in every 109 such rooms contains a Keenan.
How many babies are named Keenan each year?
Includes all spellings: Keenan, Keanan, Kenan, Kienan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Keenan spelling rank?
Where does the Keanan spelling rank?
Where does the Kenan spelling rank?
Where does the Kienan 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 Keenan most popular?
Keenan peaked in 1998, when 294 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Keenan?
At least 2,800 people named Keenan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Keenan?
Most living Keenans are between 18 and 29; the most common age is about 28.
Is Keenan becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.