How rare is the name Kegan?

3,653 people in the United States have the first name Kegan, about 1 in 82,680. It ranks #4,898 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KEGAN

#4,898

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,653
About
1 in 82,680
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,653 people named Kegan, 80.2% reported their origin as White, 6.2% as Black and 6% as two or more races. 92.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kegan peaked in 1992, when 190 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
1992
Births that year
190
In 2025*
16 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,085 babies have been given the name since 1970. 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.

Kegan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,105. The largest share of babies named Kegan, 47.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#13,18840
1980s#3,518481
1990s#2,1051,458
2000s#2,8311,257
2010s#4,397717
2020s#9,665132
Generation X 1965–801.1%
Millennials 1981–9638.6%
Generation Z 1997–1247.9%
2013 and later12.4%

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 Kegan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kegan has been most common in Indiana (5.4×), Michigan (3.8×), and Missouri (2.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.49×).

1,652 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 Kegan

1 other first name also has 3,653 people.

#4,898 Quynh · 3,653

Either side of Kegan

#4,896 Emir · 3,655#4,896 Kirstie · 3,655#4,898 Quynh · 3,653#4,900 Arlyn · 3,651

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,125 Keegan · 36,167#2,679 Keagan · 8,764#13,197 Keigan · 921#24,456 Keygan · 394#49,815 Keghan · 123

Also a last name

As a last name, Kegan ranks #120,164 of 156,621, with 152 people. See Kegan as a last name

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