Keelin

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Keelin: Recorded since 1968, it reached #126 in 2009, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
85times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#126highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2020

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
1999	#2444
2000	#1688
2001	#3262
2004	#4598
2005	#4798
2007	#5201
2020	#5493

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 51 of the 58 years from 1968 to 2025.

In 2020: #336 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5493 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1968–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #401 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1968–2025
Highest recorded position: #126 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 1968–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Keelin appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 51 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 587 births with the name.

Keelin across 5 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.

Keelin'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#401 (1968)	#126 (2009)	#718 (2025)	51 of 58	587 (1968–2025)	52 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#258 (1976)	#250 (2000)	#785 (2024)	17 of 49	80 (1976–2024)	10 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#3848 (1998)	#1688 (2000)	#5493 (2020)	8 of 23	35 (1998–2020)	10 (2000)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#220 (1999)	#220 (1999)	#328 (2008)	7 of 10	25 (1999–2008)	5 (1999)
England and Wales · Boys	#2857 (2003)	#2857 (2003)	#4333 (2007)	2 of 5	7 (2003–2007)	4 (2003)

Keelin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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 Keelin in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	6	2 of 10	3
1970s	32	5 of 10	6
1980s	44	9 of 10	5
1990s	46	9 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	247	10 of 10	25
2010s	159	10 of 10	16
2020s	53	6 of 10	9

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 25 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Keelin 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 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #126 in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

Keelin'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
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#220	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#556	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	14	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	12	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	13	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	11	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	14	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	20	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	36	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	28	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#126	52	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	42	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	40	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#161	31	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	33	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	13	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#251	13	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#408	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	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 1968 and 2025, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #126, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 52 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 31 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.

Aislinn · #126, 56y
Nial · #129, 47y
Thelma · #134, 56y
Jacek · #116, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aislinn · #126, 56y
Daren · #126, 39y
Colman · #125, 48y
Donagh · #125, 61y

Keelin was ranked #126 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2009. 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.

Keelin 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 Keelin without appearing here.

Keelin moved ahead of

Judith Compare
In 2020 they stood at #871 and #551 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #299 and #883.
Rachael Compare
In 2020 they stood at #871 and #551 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #299 and #883.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #471 and #396 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #336 and #896.
Marilyn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #488 and #488 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #362 and #896.

Moved ahead of Keelin

Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1688 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.
Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #336 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #871 and #180.
Maddison Compare
In 2018 they stood at #336 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #871 and #221.
Theodore Compare
In 2014 they stood at #542 and #720 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #615 and #164.

Moved the opposite way to Keelin

Alice Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keelin went from #401 to #718 while Alice went from #87 to #41.
Amelia Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keelin went from #401 to #718 while Amelia went from #270 to #12.
Amy Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keelin went from #401 to #718 while Amy went from #357 to #138.
Annie Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keelin went from #401 to #718 while Annie went from #240 to #33.

Moved the same way as Keelin

Aisling Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keelin went from #401 to #718 and Aisling from #87 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keelin went from #401 to #718 and Alison from #83 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keelin went from #401 to #718 and Amanda from #63 to #608.
Andrea Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keelin went from #401 to #718 and Andrea from #179 to #304.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #126 in Republic of Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Keelin

Keelin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Keelin across 5 official records

Keelin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Keelin appears in

Popularity data

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Keelin at a glance

Keelin across 5 official records

Keelin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Keelin appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Keelin

Keelin and the names beside it

Keelin moved ahead of

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