How rare is the name Keagan?

8,764 people in the United States have the first name Keagan, about 1 in 34,463. It ranks #2,679 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KEAGAN

#2,679

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,764
About
1 in 34,463
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,764 people named Keagan, 81.8% reported their origin as White, 7.3% as two or more races and 4.5% as Black. 83.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Keagan peaked in 2008, when 658 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19772025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
658
In 2025*
134 ▼80%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 10,541 babies have been given the name since 1977. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Keagan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,206. The largest share of babies named Keagan, 60.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#18,25816
1980s#6,417198
1990s#2,3601,218
2000s#1,2064,269
2010s#1,3673,907
2020s#2,648933
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–968.2%
Generation Z 1997–1260.8%
2013 and later30.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Keagan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Keagan has been most common in Indiana (2.4×), New Hampshire (2×), and Iowa (2×), and least common in Maryland (0.29×).

7,134 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Keagan

1 other first name also has 8,764 people.

#2,679 Hilario · 8,764

Either side of Keagan

#2,677 Marquita · 8,771#2,679 Hilario · 8,764#2,681 Janeth · 8,755#2,681 Lyn · 8,755

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Keagan, most common first.

#1,125 Keegan · 36,167#4,898 Kegan · 3,653#12,249 Keagen · 1,021#13,197 Keigan · 921#23,816 Keaghan · 409#24,456 Keygan · 394#33,858 Keagon · 243

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