Keegan

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Primarily a boy's name · 91% boys

Meaning

Keegan is an Anglicisation of the Irish clan name Mac Aodhagáin, now often used as a forename. The name means "son of Aodhagán". In North America the name is most often given to boys, but has gradually become unisex.

From Wikipedia

Keegan first appears in the data in 1965 and has been recorded in 57 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2007 with 1,707 babies (rank #222 that year). In 2024 it was given to 482 boys (rank #594). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Keegan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Keegan yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

41,820
Total babies (all years)
57
Years in the data
1,707
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19657#3,406
19697#3,770
197014#2,577
19718#3,805
19727#4,210
19738#3,895
197424#1,913
197525#1,919
197645#1,327
197748#1,300
197867#1,063
197982#981
1980110#845
1981106#862
1982121#806
1983126#777
1984157#699
1985205#610
1986165#703
1987188#668
1988214#647
1989329#528
1990385#500
1991442#471
1992485#454
1993516#431
1994606#385
1995669#359
1996799#330
1997804#326
1998928#305
1999957#300
20001,080#285
20011,158#271
20021,284#253
20031,271#259
20041,293#257
20051,390#242
20061,594#227
20071,707#222
20081,683#223
20091,597#228
20101,430#246
20111,370#253
20121,472#245
20131,458#249
20141,560#238
20151,346#274
20161,294#283
20171,124#309
2018940#353
2019723#425
2020592#496
2021596#494
2022523#566
2023442#627
2024482#594