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Keenan

Rank in 2024
#1,213
Born in 2024
166
Peak year
1997 · #354
Origin
Irish

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
00.10.20.30.418801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 166 boys were named Keenan, about 1 in every 10,333.
  • It peaked in 1997 with 717 babies, ranked #354.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1942.
  • 18,025 boys have been named Keenan since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Keenan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 17 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 820 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,745 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 6,670 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,138 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,635 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.

  • A surname transferred from the given name.
  • A male given name from Irish.
Origin
Irish
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Keenan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kenan

    Rank
    #1,130
    Born '24
    187
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kanan

    Rank
    #1,139
    Born '24
    184
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20222024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kennon

    Rank
    #5,756
    Born '24
    16
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20042024