# Keegan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keegan/  
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 | Irish |
| Meaning | “son of aidan” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkiɡən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Keagan, Egan, Kigan, Kegan |
| US babies named this | 42,324 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 38,519 / 3,805 (9% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,566, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Mac Aodhagáin (“son of Aidan”).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 130 | 1,648 |
| 2012 | 114 | 1,797 |
| 2013 | 143 | 1,535 |
| 2014 | 119 | 1,751 |
| 2015 | 130 | 1,650 |
| 2016 | 114 | 1,824 |
| 2017 | 123 | 1,730 |
| 2018 | 88 | 2,154 |
| 2019 | 72 | 2,470 |
| 2020 | 70 | 2,482 |
| 2021 | 72 | 2,470 |
| 2022 | 56 | 2,978 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,686 |
| 2024 | 56 | 2,954 |
| 2025 | 48 | 3,275 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,370 | 253 |
| 2012 | 1,472 | 245 |
| 2013 | 1,458 | 249 |
| 2014 | 1,560 | 238 |
| 2015 | 1,346 | 274 |
| 2016 | 1,295 | 283 |
| 2017 | 1,124 | 309 |
| 2018 | 940 | 353 |
| 2019 | 723 | 425 |
| 2020 | 592 | 496 |
| 2021 | 599 | 492 |
| 2022 | 523 | 566 |
| 2023 | 443 | 627 |
| 2024 | 484 | 593 |
| 2025 | 449 | 621 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1997 | 9 | 1,802 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 124 | 349 |
| 2012 | 113 | 372 |
| 2013 | 118 | 348 |
| 2014 | 106 | 388 |
| 2015 | 77 | 500 |
| 2016 | 83 | 486 |
| 2017 | 122 | 374 |
| 2018 | 147 | 322 |
| 2019 | 119 | 369 |
| 2020 | 84 | 467 |
| 2021 | 68 | 566 |
| 2022 | 58 | 620 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 44 | 773 |
| 2025 | 32 | 953 |

## People named Keegan

- Keegan Allen, American actor
- Keegan Connor Tracy, Canadian actress
- Keegan Palmer, American-Australian goofy-footed professional skateboarder
- Keegan Murray, American basketball player (born 2000)
- Keegan de Lancie, American actor
- Keegan Rosenberry, American soccer player
- Keegan Messing, Canadian-American figure skater
- Keegan Kolesar, Canadian ice hockey player

## 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.