girls:
1.7k births since 1980
#4071 (29th percentile)
boys:
8.6k births since 1977
#1275 (72nd percentile)
overall:
10.3k births since 1977
#2635 (66th percentile)
The name Keagan is the #2,635 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,260 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 66.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,275 (72.2% percentile) for all time with 8,568 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #4,071 (28.8% percentile) for all time with 1,692 births since 1980.
Keagan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Keagan is available in 46 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (46 years for boys and 42 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Keagan has been given predominantly to boys, with 83.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 78.2% of babies named Keagan were boys.
For boys, Keagan reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 50.3% percentile (ranked #451) with 259 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 259 births per million (ranked 50.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Keagan ranks #812 for boys (10.9% percentile) with 57 births per million, which is 22.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Keagan reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 10.0% percentile (ranked #888) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 49 births per million (ranked 10.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Keagan ranks #923 for girls (2.5% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 33.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keagan".
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