Kean

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kean: Recorded since 1996, it reached #390 in 2000, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#390highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1345
1998	#1263
1999	#1505
2000	#953
2001	#1595
2002	#824
2003	#1188
2004	#1110
2005	#1190
2006	#1280
2007	#1666
2008	#1706
2009	#2318
2010	#2941
2011	#2194
2012	#3039
2013	#3315
2015	#3908
2016	#3079
2017	#3996
2018	#2693
2023	#4107
2024	#3688

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 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2007: #629 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1666 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 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 recorded2000–2007
Highest recorded position: #390 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 2000–2007).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kean appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 228 births with the name.

Kean across 2 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.

Kean'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	#2863 (1996)	#824 (2002)	#3688 (2024)	24 of 29	228 (1996–2024)	22 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#390 (2000)	#390 (2000)	#629 (2007)	5 of 8	17 (2000–2007)	4 (2002)

Kean 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 Kean in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	142	10 of 10	14
2010s	47	8 of 10	6
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Kean 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #390 in Republic of Ireland in 2000.

Kean'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1110	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#824	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #390, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 4 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.

Keagan · #231, 29y
Kealan · #168, 46y
Keana · #2165, 18y
Keane · #193, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Ameen · #390, 29y
Kielan · #390, 22y
Nasim · #390, 22y
Temitope · #390, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alessio · #390, 30y
Ameen · #390, 29y
Anabelle · #390, 29y
Braden · #390, 29y

Kean was ranked #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2000. 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.

Kean 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 Kean without appearing here.

Kean moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #824 and #3225.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3079 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2693 and #4749.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #4678.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3908 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3079 and #4810.

Moved ahead of Kean

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Rune Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1799.
Gustav Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3079 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #2512.
Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2693 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #3112.

Moved the opposite way to Kean

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kean went from #1345 to #3688 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kean went from #1505 to #3688 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kean went from #1505 to #3688 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kean went from #1505 to #3688 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.

Moved the same way as Kean

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kean went from #2863 to #4107 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kean went from #2863 to #4107 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kean went from #2863 to #4107 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kean went from #1345 to #4107 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.

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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #390 in Republic of Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kean

Kean at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kean across 2 official records

Kean by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kean across 2 official records

Kean by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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