Keelan

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Caolán is a masculine given name of Irish origin, derived from the Irish word "caol-". The name has a number of Anglicisations, including "Kelan", "Keelan" and "Kealan". Notable people with the name Caolán, Kelan, and Keelan include:

From Wikipedia

Keelan first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 110 babies (rank #286 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Keelan

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

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,518

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

110

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
1996	78	#315
1997	89	#297
1998	80	#319
1999	92	#298
2000	86	#313
2001	71	#350
2002	96	#293
2003	99	#294
2004	110	#286
2005	71	#413
2006	81	#413
2007	61	#522
2008	64	#530
2009	59	#564
2010	59	#578
2011	66	#530
2012	57	#620
2013	60	#591
2014	62	#576
2015	42	#772
2016	29	#1,005