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Keagan

#1,614 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Son of Aidan, through Keegan

Keagan has been given to 10,541 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #1,614 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 564 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% boys, 17% girls all-time.

Babies named Keagan, 2025

1 in 31,600

Keagan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Keagan over time

In 2025, Keagan went to 22% girls and 78% boys.

19772025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Keagan: meaning, origin, and history

Son of Aidan, through Keegan

surname transfer

What Keagan means

Keagan belongs to the name family reached through Keagan → Keegan. Its meaning is “son of Aidan”.

Origin, language, and formation

Keagan is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Keagan is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Keegan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,784 boys were recorded with the name Keagan between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 564 in 2008; its best national rank was #489 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,150 in 2020 to #1,614 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #794 in 2015 to #1,614 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,757 girls were recorded with the name Keagan between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 104 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,979 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,873 in 2020 to #4,702 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,575 in 2015 to #4,702 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Keagan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 31,600
105 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 16,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,614
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
21,886 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Keagan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 21,886 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Keagan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Keagans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Keagan was born before 2009 — so the typical Keagan is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
41.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
84.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,784
People you could plausibly meet
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2000s — 41.4% of all recorded uses (3,633).

Is Keagan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+12
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−464
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−820
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.36×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
18.6%
Peak was 2008 (564)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#489
2008

Spellings of Keagan

Keagan is not the most common spelling — Keegan is, with 22.1% against Keagan's 5.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Keagan is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Keagan was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in 4,167 boys, against 1 in 12,853 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

124 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arkansas1 in 4,167
  2. 2Oklahoma1 in 5,882
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 6,250
  4. 4Indiana1 in 6,667
  5. 5Ohio1 in 6,667
  6. 6South Carolina1 in 6,667
  7. 7North Dakota1 in 7,143
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 7,692

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Keagan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Keagan was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 288,280 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 100,000
  2. 2Ohio1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in —
  5. 5Arkansas1 in —
  6. 6Arizona1 in —
  7. 7California1 in —
  8. 8Colorado1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Keagan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Keagan around the world

Where Keagan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2021–2021
    #720
    in 2021
  • Northern Ireland
    2012–2023
    #395
    in 2023
  • Ireland
    2007–2019
    #764
    in 2019
  • Canada
    1991–2021
    #2,155
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1980–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Keagan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,614
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 464
Best rank ever
#489
2008
Peak year
2008
564 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,784
Count in 2025
105

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,702
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 829
Best rank ever
#1,979
2007
Peak year
2007
104 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,757
Count in 2025
29

Names similar to Keagan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KeanuKeatonReaganTeaganKeandreBroganDeeganKeaneKeeganKeganReganMorganTeeganFinneganTeganKealanRoganKeagenDeaganKealiiKeiganDaeganKeanHogan

Names with a curve like Keagan

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Keagan, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AlexzanderXzavierBraidenCamrenJavionJordynDominikKonnerGiovannyAdityaRyleeGiovani

Sibling names for Keagan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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