# Keane (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keane/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,486 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,486 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,002, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 2,723 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,251 |
| 2013 | 39 | 2,923 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,014 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,190 |
| 2016 | 27 | 3,933 |
| 2017 | 34 | 3,343 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,576 |
| 2019 | 24 | 4,282 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,363 |
| 2021 | 25 | 4,171 |
| 2022 | 16 | 5,749 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,357 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,651 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7,007 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,398 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,191 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,147 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Keane

- Keane Lewis-Potter, English association football player (born 2001)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.