# Keenan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keenan/  
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 | 18,515 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 18,176 / 339 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,304, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 9 | 9,410 |
| 1998 | 6 | 13,251 |
| 1999 | 5 | 15,599 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9,526 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,737 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10,662 |
| 2004 | 9 | 11,176 |
| 2005 | 8 | 12,425 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13,302 |
| 2008 | 5 | 19,023 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,243 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,805 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10,074 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,908 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,478 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 263 | 826 |
| 2012 | 237 | 885 |
| 2013 | 209 | 957 |
| 2014 | 278 | 820 |
| 2015 | 227 | 932 |
| 2016 | 274 | 830 |
| 2017 | 234 | 914 |
| 2018 | 231 | 923 |
| 2019 | 228 | 944 |
| 2020 | 216 | 988 |
| 2021 | 204 | 1,052 |
| 2022 | 181 | 1,150 |
| 2023 | 188 | 1,125 |
| 2024 | 167 | 1,216 |
| 2025 | 149 | 1,307 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Keenan

- Keenan Wynn, American actor (1916–1986)
- Keenan Evans, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Keenan MacWilliam, Canadian actress and singer
- Keenan Allen, American football player
- Keenan Kampa, American actress and dancer
- Michaela Dietz, American voice actress

## 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.