Keenan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Keenan: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #188, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#188highest recorded position
14groupings 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	#390
1997	#251
1998	#188
1999	#218
2000	#330
2001	#321
2002	#443
2003	#394
2004	#402
2005	#493
2006	#490
2007	#638
2008	#589
2009	#1008
2010	#1082
2011	#1045
2012	#1270
2013	#1706
2014	#1327
2015	#1442
2016	#2027
2017	#2052
2018	#1786
2019	#1986
2020	#2682
2021	#2125
2022	#1781
2023	#1906
2024	#2921

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 Republic of Ireland in 17 of the 30 years from 1996 to 2025.

In 2024: #619 among boys in Scotland, #2921 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #390 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #188 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Keenan 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 1,292 births with the name.

Keenan 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.

Keenan'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 · Boys	#369 (1996)	#236 (2000)	#829 (2025)	17 of 30	82 (1996–2025)	9 (2005)
England and Wales · Boys	#390 (1996)	#188 (1998)	#2921 (2024)	29 of 29	1,292 (1996–2024)	176 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#241 (1999)	#241 (1999)	#403 (2012)	6 of 14	21 (1999–2012)	4 (1999)

Keenan 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 Keenan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	488	4 of 10	122
2000sbusiest	590	10 of 10	59
2010s	165	10 of 10	17
2020s	49	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 59 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1999 and 2000, when recorded births fell by 63, from 140 to 77.

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

Keenan 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #188 in England and Wales in 1998.

Keenan'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1045	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1082	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1008	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#589	55	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#638	45	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#490	62	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#493	56	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#402	69	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#394	67	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#443	50	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#321	83	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#330	77	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#218	140	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#188	176	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#251	117	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#390	55	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#315	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#263	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#241	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#236	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #188, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 176 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 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 4 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.

Emilija · #188, 29y
Emilio · #188, 35y
Junior · #189, 30y
Lacie · #189, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Brogan · #188, 30y
Dylon · #188, 21y
Emilija · #188, 29y
Marlon · #188, 30y

Keenan was ranked #188 in England and Wales · 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.

Keenan 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 Keenan without appearing here.

Keenan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1986 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #3334.
Keith Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1986 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #3334.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #2160.

Moved ahead of Keenan

Murray Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #1282.
Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1986 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #1548.
Andrea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #1859.
Lars Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #1859.

Moved the opposite way to Keenan

Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Keenan went from #369 to #829 while Alex went from #82 to #37.
Ben Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Keenan went from #369 to #829 while Ben went from #74 to #40.
Callum Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Keenan went from #369 to #829 while Callum went from #149 to #49.
Fionn Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Keenan went from #369 to #829 while Fionn went from #104 to #6.

Moved the same way as Keenan

Adrian Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Keenan went from #369 to #829 and Adrian from #91 to #348.
Cian Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Keenan went from #369 to #829 and Cian from #22 to #33.
Daithi Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Keenan went from #369 to #829 and Daithi from #336 to #509.
Denis Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Keenan went from #369 to #829 and Denis from #112 to #232.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #188 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Keenan

Keenan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Keenan across 3 official records

Keenan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Keenan appears in

Popularity data

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Keenan at a glance

Keenan across 3 official records

Keenan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Keenan appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Keenan

Keenan and the names beside it

Keenan moved ahead of

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