How popular is the name Keenan?

Keenan ranks 718th among boys' names in US records, with 23,189 births since 1942. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,555.

Is Keenan a unisex name?

No. Keenan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1997, when 874 children were given the name. It has been in use for 83 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kenan, Kienan. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#718 of boy names

Pronounced K IY1 N AH0 N (ARPABET)

Keenan is a boys' name, and first appears in 1942. It has been given to 23,189 children — the 718th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1997, when 874 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Kenan and Kienan — because they are pronounced identically.

1997Boys: 874Girls: 9

These spellings sound identical to Keenan and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Keenan?: Keenan ranks 718th among boys' names in US records, with 23,189 births since 1942. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,555.
Is Keenan a unisex name?: No. Keenan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Keenan most popular?: 1997, when 874 children were given the name. It has been in use for 83 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Keenan spelled?: Kenan, Kienan. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.