Keagan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Keagan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Keagan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #231 in 2012, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#231highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2337
1998	#1642
1999	#2425
2000	#2142
2001	#1595
2002	#3225
2003	#1629
2004	#1110
2005	#1095
2006	#885
2007	#952
2008	#1124
2009	#1358
2010	#996
2011	#1209
2012	#1270
2013	#1617
2014	#1327
2015	#1327
2016	#1704
2017	#1812
2018	#1875
2019	#1745
2020	#1635
2021	#2125
2022	#4789
2023	#3523
2024	#2443

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #395 among boys in Northern Ireland, #3523 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2012–2023
Highest recorded position: #231 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2012–2023).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Keagan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 388 births with the name.

Keagan across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Keagan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#885 (2006)	#2443 (2024)	29 of 29	388 (1996–2024)	28 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#629 (2007)	#629 (2007)	#764 (2019)	5 of 13	16 (2007–2019)	4 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#231 (2012)	#231 (2012)	#395 (2023)	3 of 12	14 (2012–2023)	8 (2012)

Keagan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Keagan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000s	153	10 of 10	15
2010sbusiest	173	10 of 10	17
2020s	41	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Keagan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #231 in Northern Ireland in 2012.

Keagan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1209	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#996	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1124	22	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#952	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#885	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1095	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1110	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#231	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #231, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 16 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bentley · #232, 29y
Claudine · #232, 28y
Beibhinn · #229, 30y
Corin · #229, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ty · #231, 29y
Alexandria · #230, 31y
Bentley · #232, 29y
Demi-Lee · #230, 26y

Keagan was ranked #231 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Keagan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Keagan without appearing here.

Keagan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Keagan

Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2125 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #2018.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #848.
Isak Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2125 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #3449.
Tor Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2125 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #3449.

Moved the opposite way to Keagan

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Keagan went from #885 to #2443 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Morten Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Keagan went from #2337 to #1327 while Morten went from #2859 to #4747.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Keagan went from #952 to #2443 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.

Moved the same way as Keagan

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Keagan went from #1765 to #3523 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Keagan went from #1765 to #3523 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Keagan went from #1765 to #3523 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Keagan went from #1765 to #4789 and Brent from #898 to #3449.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #231 in Northern Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Keagan

Keagan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Keagan across 3 official records

Keagan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Keagan across 3 official records

Keagan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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