first name
KEEGAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 36,167 people named Keegan, 84.3% reported their origin as White, 6.3% as two or more races and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 91.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Keegan peaked in 2007, when 1,888 babies got the name.
At least 42,324 babies have been given the name since 1965. 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.
Keegan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #448. The largest share of babies named Keegan, 54.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Keegan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Keegan has been most common in Vermont (2.6×), Alaska (2.5×), and New Hampshire (2.4×), and least common in New Jersey (0.32×).
38,291 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.
Either side of Keegan
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Keegan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Keegan ranks #3,643 of 156,621, with 9,505 people. See Keegan as a last name
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