Keane

maleStatistical record

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

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

Keane: Recorded since 1994, it reached #193 in 1998, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
50times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#193highest recorded position
16groupings 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	#1040
1997	#964
1998	#669
1999	#718
2000	#515
2001	#533
2002	#710
2003	#490
2004	#358
2005	#213
2006	#291
2007	#356
2008	#518
2009	#696
2010	#744
2011	#1398
2012	#1191
2013	#1147
2014	#2690
2015	#2150
2016	#1903
2017	#2052
2018	#2693
2019	#3013
2020	#2404
2021	#4789
2022	#2529
2023	#4107
2024	#5119

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 2021: #755 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4789 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1994–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1994
First recorded at #299 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1994 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1994–2021
Highest recorded position: #193 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1994–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Keane appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 998 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1994.

Keane 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.

Keane'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	#1040 (1996)	#213 (2005)	#5119 (2024)	29 of 29	998 (1996–2024)	175 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#299 (1994)	#193 (1998)	#755 (2021)	20 of 28	138 (1994–2021)	15 (2005)

Keane 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 Keane in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	76	4 of 10	19
2000sbusiest	742	10 of 10	74
2010s	154	10 of 10	15
2020s	26	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 74 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births rose by 92, from 83 to 175.

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

Keane 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 1994 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #193 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Keane'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1147	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1191	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1398	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#744	40	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#696	43	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#518	66	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#356	103	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#291	122	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#213	175	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#358	83	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#490	49	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#710	27	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#533	36	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#515	38	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#718	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#669	25	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#964	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	12	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#224	15	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	8	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#276	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	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 1994 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #193, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 175 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 18 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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Keano · #1591, 27y
Keanu · #96, 30y

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.

Ayat · #193, 26y
Ned · #193, 31y
Dayna · #192, 34y
Kallum · #194, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ayat · #193, 26y
Ieuan · #193, 29y
Nyla · #193, 28y
Saorla · #193, 22y

Keane was ranked #193 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1998. 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.

Keane 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 Keane without appearing here.

Keane moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 1999 they stood at #718 and #621 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #515 and #881.
Brent Compare
In 1998 they stood at #669 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #718 and #1027.
Garry Compare
In 1997 they stood at #964 and #914 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #669 and #850.

Moved ahead of Keane

Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2404 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Rodney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2404 and #2682 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Anders Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2404 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2301.

Moved the opposite way to Keane

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Keane went from #1040 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Keane went from #1040 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Keane went from #1040 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Keane went from #1040 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Keane

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Keane went from #1040 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Keane went from #1040 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Keane went from #1040 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Keane went from #1040 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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 1994 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #193 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Keane

Keane at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Keane across 2 official records

Keane by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Keane appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Keane moved ahead of

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Keane at a glance

Keane across 2 official records

Keane by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Keane appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Keane

Keane and the names beside it

Keane moved ahead of

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