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How popular is the name Keyan?

Births per year, rank history and how many Keyans are alive today.

Keyan (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Kian in England and Wales, ranked 1798th in 2025 and given to 14 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2017, when 31 babies were given the name, the 968th most popular that year. It has declined since 2017; the 2025 figure is roughly 45% of its peak.

Across all spellings of the name, the Kian you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Kians born in England and Wales are between 12 and 22, and there are at least 19,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 6.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Kian.

How many babies are named Keyan each year?

Includes all spellings: Keyan, Keon, Kian. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

05001k200020201996: 381997: 421998: 461999: 1392000: 6262001: 8272002: 8942003: 1,1262004: 1,0632005: 1,0952006: 1,0722007: 1,1612008: 1,1352009: 1,0002010: 9712011: 8382012: 7482013: 6922014: 1,1752015: 7142016: 5552017: 4612018: 3932019: 3142020: 3392021: 3072022: 2952023: 2812024: 3092025: 321actual

Where does the Keyan spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,8631997: ranked 2,8591998: ranked 2,4192000: ranked 2,1422002: ranked 1,6512003: ranked 1,7712004: ranked 1,8782005: ranked 1,8512006: ranked 1,8922007: ranked 1,7562008: ranked 1,9532009: ranked 1,2652010: ranked 1,4072011: ranked 1,4472012: ranked 1,5892013: ranked 1,1472014: ranked 9882015: ranked 1,1862016: ranked 1,1572017: ranked 9682018: ranked 1,2352019: ranked 1,6552020: ranked 1,2302021: ranked 1,4482022: ranked 1,1042023: ranked 1,3092024: ranked 1,7582025: ranked 1,798

Where does the Keon spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,3571997: ranked 1,7611998: ranked 2,9011999: ranked 1,1302000: ranked 1,2412001: ranked 1,1352002: ranked 1,4112003: ranked 8332004: ranked 1,8782005: ranked 7262006: ranked 1,0842007: ranked 1,0142008: ranked 8502009: ranked 1,0332010: ranked 1,1092011: ranked 1,1582012: ranked 9272013: ranked 1,4622014: ranked 1,1442015: ranked 1,0462016: ranked 9282017: ranked 1,1782018: ranked 1,4552019: ranked 1,5062020: ranked 1,4922021: ranked 1,2502022: ranked 1,2682023: ranked 1,2722024: ranked 7292025: ranked 763

Where does the Kian spelling rank?

1101001,000200020201996: ranked 5521997: ranked 5381998: ranked 5021999: ranked 2392000: ranked 922001: ranked 722002: ranked 682003: ranked 572004: ranked 612005: ranked 632006: ranked 692007: ranked 672008: ranked 672009: ranked 712010: ranked 722011: ranked 812012: ranked 892013: ranked 952014: ranked 542015: ranked 982016: ranked 1252017: ranked 1432018: ranked 1582019: ranked 1852020: ranked 1772021: ranked 2022022: ranked 2042023: ranked 2052024: ranked 2042025: ranked 192

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.

Chart: babies named Keyan per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 1,175 in 2014
Keyan: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Keyan most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Kian, peaked in 2014, when 1,175 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Keyan spelling itself peaked in 2017, with 31 babies.

How many people are called Keyan?

At least 19,000 people named Keyan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Keyan?

Most living Keyans are between 12 and 22; the most common age is about 19.

Is Keyan becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2014 peak.






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