How Many People Are Named Keanan?
An estimated 612 people in the United States have the first name Keanan. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Keanan peaked in popularity in 1997 with 48 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Keanan as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Keanan paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
612
About 1 in 560,056 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
1997
48 births
Total Registered
623
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Keanan
Keanan is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 623 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Keanan as a male name
Ranked #11,638 in 2024
6 male births in 2024
Peak: 1997 (48 births)
Keanan: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Keanan span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 243 babies were registered. Keanan has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Keanan by Decade
How has Keanan tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Keanan + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Keanan as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Keanan
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Keanan: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Keanan?
We estimate approximately 612 people named Keanan are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 560,056 Americans share this first name.
Is Keanan a common name?
Keanan is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 623 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Keanan most popular?
Keanan reached peak popularity in 1997, when 48 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Keanan is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Keanan a male name?
Keanan is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Keanan Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Keanan Smith, Keanan Johnson, Keanan Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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