Recorded 1965–2025 · United States
Keegan was most popular in 2007, when 1,888 American babies were given the name — ranking #389 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,177, with 497 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 42,324 people named Keegan.
Keegan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1965, which makes it about 60 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 58 of the 61 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 42,324 American births named Keegan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 41,625 are estimated to be alive today.
497 American babies were named Keegan in 2025, ranking #1,177 that year.
Keegan is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 559 births a year, against 1,568 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -64% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Keegan is mostly a boy’s name — 9.0% of the 42,324 Americans given it were girls and 91.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 10% girls and 90% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 41,625 Americans named Keegan are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 12 and 26.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org